Re: Verdana Madness

Subject: Re: Verdana Madness
From: Pro TechWriter <pro -dot- techwriter -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: jopakent <jopakent -at- comcast -dot- net>
Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 11:25:49 -0500

What application are you using: Word, Framemaker, or something else? That
information would be very helpful.

It is the application that determines the fonts, unless you are working in
XML or HTML and are using a style sheet. :-)

PT

On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 11:22 AM, jopakent <jopakent -at- comcast -dot- net> wrote:

> How can I remove this font from my documents?
>
>
>
> It keeps cropping up no matter what I do. I've physically deleted it from
> my
> system, I can't find any style definitions that call for it. But any time I
> use something that requires the "default paragraph font" it defaults to
> Verdana.
>
>
>
> I don't have any huge objection to Verdana, its just not what I'm using.
> Also, and this is why its such a huge issue, my hyperlink style keeps
> defaulting to Verdana, and for some reason, it won't display as blue
> underlined text if its Verdana. I've found that if I specifically format
> each instance to the font it needs to be and then apply the blue and the
> underline, I can get the display I want. But this is tedious and seems to
> me
> to be a waste of time. I'm using cross references, and they are all
> auto-magically styled as hyperlinks. When I display the font settings for
> these links, they appear to be fine (blue, underlined), but they don't
> appear that way.
>
>
>
> It seems to me like Verdana is the problem, because when I set it to the
> correct font (either Times New Roman or Arial, depending on where it
> appears), it displays correctly.
>
>
>
> At least I've got a work around for now. It would be nice to have a
> permanent fix for future use though. Any ideas?
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> J. Paul Kent
>
> 206-383-0539
>
>
>
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