Windows and fonts question

[Robert Chiasson]

Helvetica is *not* a Windows font. Not even available in a standard
installation of PageMaker - it's an extra $95 for the base font.

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Robert


----- Original Message -----
From: "Shari" <gypsyware at earthlink.net>
To: <metacard at lists.runrev.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 8:42 AM
Subject: Windows and fonts question


>
> I did NOT find Helvetica on either computer.  Yet that is the font
> that the Metacard docs say will look pretty much the same on both.
> I'm a little concerned about how things will look if they don't have
> Helvetica installed, and I've chosen Helvetica as one of the basic
> fonts for my program.
>
> Anybody have words of wisdom, besides not to use Helvetica as a basic
> cross platform font?  If this fellow doesn't have Helvetica, I'm sure
> many others don't as well.  I had assumed that Windows had Helvetica
> the way Mac does, automatically installed unless you take it out.
>