Comments on: Improvements to fonts in Windows 7 http://www.istartedsomething.com/20081030/improvements-to-fonts-in-windows-7/ All the stuff about Microsoft and technology you haven't read anywhere else. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:56:50 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Gleg http://www.istartedsomething.com/20081030/improvements-to-fonts-in-windows-7/#comment-121008 Gleg Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:44:44 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/?p=3244#comment-121008 Microsoft hasn't implemented the Windows 7 hide font feature in Word 2010. Unbelievable! WordPad's drop-down font list excludes unusable foreign language fonts, but Word 2010 still hasn't implemented this basic feature. Boo! Hiss! The "improvements to fonts in Windows 7" are a bad joke if Microsoft doesn't implement the featues in Office. Microsoft hasn’t implemented the Windows 7 hide font feature in Word 2010. Unbelievable! WordPad’s drop-down font list excludes unusable foreign language fonts, but Word 2010 still hasn’t implemented this basic feature. Boo! Hiss! The “improvements to fonts in Windows 7″ are a bad joke if Microsoft doesn’t implement the featues in Office.

]]> By: Gary http://www.istartedsomething.com/20081030/improvements-to-fonts-in-windows-7/#comment-117534 Gary Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:55:40 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/?p=3244#comment-117534 Thanks for the post peter. Should I get a new Alberta font? if so do you recomend a source? Can I edit the Name String correctly and how do I do that? This happens with lots of fonts on our server. I am working in Indesign and the fonts that are available are the same that show in the font folder. Thanks for the post peter. Should I get a new Alberta font? if so do you recomend a source? Can I edit the Name String correctly and how do I do that? This happens with lots of fonts on our server. I am working in Indesign and the fonts that are available are the same that show in the font folder.

]]> By: Peter http://www.istartedsomething.com/20081030/improvements-to-fonts-in-windows-7/#comment-117486 Peter Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:02:52 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/?p=3244#comment-117486 Hi. I'm a MS program manager and worked on this area in Windows 7. This sounds like it may be an instance of an issue we've had reported by one font vendor: there are some not-so-common situations in which a font developer doesn't create the name strings for fonts correctly, and the symptom that results is that the font UI elements (font-picker common dialog, Fonts control panel) as they interact with GDI get confused about how many font families there are, and what all the styles are. Apps that interact directly with GDI to get a list of fonts and create their own font-picker dialog (e.g. MS Office, Adobe Photoshop) should not be impacted: all the fonts should still be listed there even though they don't appear in the Fonts CPL. If it's that issue, I wouldn't expect a typical user would encounter many fonts with this issue. Hope that helps. Hi. I’m a MS program manager and worked on this area in Windows 7.

This sounds like it may be an instance of an issue we’ve had reported by one font vendor: there are some not-so-common situations in which a font developer doesn’t create the name strings for fonts correctly, and the symptom that results is that the font UI elements (font-picker common dialog, Fonts control panel) as they interact with GDI get confused about how many font families there are, and what all the styles are. Apps that interact directly with GDI to get a list of fonts and create their own font-picker dialog (e.g. MS Office, Adobe Photoshop) should not be impacted: all the fonts should still be listed there even though they don’t appear in the Fonts CPL. If it’s that issue, I wouldn’t expect a typical user would encounter many fonts with this issue.

Hope that helps.

]]> By: Gary http://www.istartedsomething.com/20081030/improvements-to-fonts-in-windows-7/#comment-117483 Gary Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:56:02 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/?p=3244#comment-117483 Windows 7 font issue. I have a bunch of Alberta fonts of different varieties. When I open the font group there are only 3 displayed. If I delete those 3, 3 new ones appear. If I add new fonts of the same type to the group, it says they are already installed even though they do not show in the folder, and when I say reinstall they show for a few seconds and then go away??? I'm not sure they are there or not, I can't use them in any applications, but they are already installed? Windows 7 font issue. I have a bunch of Alberta fonts of different varieties. When I open the font group there are only 3 displayed. If I delete those 3, 3 new ones appear. If I add new fonts of the same type to the group, it says they are already installed even though they do not show in the folder, and when I say reinstall they show for a few seconds and then go away??? I’m not sure they are there or not, I can’t use them in any applications, but they are already installed?

]]> By: GoPiano http://www.istartedsomething.com/20081030/improvements-to-fonts-in-windows-7/#comment-111621 GoPiano Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:34:31 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/?p=3244#comment-111621 <strong>GoPiano...</strong> Thanks heaps for this!... if anyone else has anything, it would be much appreciated. Great website HOT Pianoforte Links http://www.en.Grand-Pianos.org Enjoy!... GoPiano…

Thanks heaps for this!… if anyone else has anything, it would be much appreciated. Great website HOT Pianoforte Links http://www.en.Grand-Pianos.org Enjoy!…

]]> By: usurff http://www.istartedsomething.com/20081030/improvements-to-fonts-in-windows-7/#comment-95957 usurff Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:50:57 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/?p=3244#comment-95957 simsun.ttc sucks, simsun.ttf of windowsXP is much better. I wanna delete that ugly font, but system doesn't let me do it. simsun.ttc sucks, simsun.ttf of windowsXP is much better. I wanna delete that ugly font, but system doesn’t let me do it.

]]> By: qadsfqwefasdfasdasdf http://www.istartedsomething.com/20081030/improvements-to-fonts-in-windows-7/#comment-90223 qadsfqwefasdfasdasdf Mon, 24 Aug 2009 02:31:46 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/?p=3244#comment-90223 font smoothing sucks font smoothing sucks

]]> By: Tester http://www.istartedsomething.com/20081030/improvements-to-fonts-in-windows-7/#comment-82760 Tester Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:40:28 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/?p=3244#comment-82760 The default fonts under windows 7 is really ugly in simplified chinese, I just installed windows 7, and now I want come back to my windows xp. I would like to use 宋体, pls set it as default if windows 7 in simplified chinese mode. The default fonts under windows 7 is really ugly in simplified chinese, I just installed windows 7, and now I want come back to my windows xp.
I would like to use 宋体, pls set it as default if windows 7 in simplified chinese mode.

]]> By: HanShotFirt http://www.istartedsomething.com/20081030/improvements-to-fonts-in-windows-7/#comment-82042 HanShotFirt Sun, 02 Aug 2009 20:32:29 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/?p=3244#comment-82042 @Radu Agree completely! The font rendering gives me a splitting headache. I miss XP style fonts! @Radu

Agree completely! The font rendering gives me a splitting headache. I miss XP style fonts!

]]> By: Alex B. http://www.istartedsomething.com/20081030/improvements-to-fonts-in-windows-7/#comment-77331 Alex B. Mon, 20 Jul 2009 05:20:47 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/?p=3244#comment-77331 Hello, Weird, but when I write with Gabriola font, it seems quite a regular font to me - it doesn't have those nice calligraphic lines. Why? Hello,

Weird, but when I write with Gabriola font, it seems quite a regular font to me – it doesn’t have those nice calligraphic lines.
Why?

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