Subj : Re: system font
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : Ed Mulroy
Date : Tue Jul 05 2005 09:24 pm

> This font appears in nearly every list that Windows displays, it is used 
> for all menu names in Netscape, CorelDraw, and half a dozen other 
> applications I could name.  What is it?

AFAIK:
Depending upon the settings it is one of Courier New or Tachoma.

Earlier versions of Windows used Ariel which I like better except that it is 
not a fixed-width font.

All of the above are TrueType fonts.

..  Ed

> Jack Sawatzky wrote in message
> news:42cb1757@newsgroups.borland.com...
>
>I specifically want the font that windows uses for several reasons:
> 1) It is a bitmap and therefore completely predictable in the amount
>    space it uses.
> 2) It is the smallest size that is still extremely readable, and therefore
>    takes up less space.
> 3) Everyone is used to reading it, so it is familiar and comfortable.
> 4) I have spent 4 months developing an application that has small
>    text areas that I designed specifically to fit this font.
>
> I am fully aware that it is not scalable, that is one of its attractions.
> I most definitely do not want a True Type font, nor do I want a
> fixed-width font, as they are harder to read.
>
> This font appears in nearly every list that Windows displays, it
> is used for all menu names in Netscape, CorelDraw, and half a
> dozen other applications I could name.  What is it?

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