Re: new MS fonts

Subject: Re: new MS fonts
From: William Gaffga <WilG -at- GibbsCAM -dot- com>
To: Techwriter List <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:19:55 -0700

Actually, they work perfectly well on Macs, except for some non-
standard glyphs in the italic versions on a few of the fonts. What
comes to mind is the hyphen - it shows as an ampersand. SegoeUI (the
new default interface font) also works well.

HTH

Will

On Jun 11, 2007, at 1:46 PM, quills -at- airmail -dot- net wrote:

> At 4:12 PM -0400 6/11/07, Wilhelm, Joel wrote:
>> Has anyone seen a way to download the new MS fonts (Calibri, Candara,
>> etc) for Office 2004 on a Mac?
>> Thanks,
>> Joel
>
>
> My mistake. These are in Microsofts FUD attempt at typography, Clear
> Type. It isn't compatible with Open Type or True Type. These are no
> gos.
>
> Scott
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References:
RE:: From: Prerna Taneja
Re:: From: Barry Campbell
new MS fonts: From: Wilhelm, Joel
Re: new MS fonts: From: quills

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