Writer/Artist: True Type Font is Required to Run Programs (121528)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Creative Writer for the Macintosh 1.0
  • Microsoft Creative Writer for the Macintosh 1.1
  • Microsoft Creative Writer for the Macintosh 1.1a
  • Microsoft Creative Writer
  • Microsoft Creative Writer for Windows 1.1
  • Microsoft Creative Writer for Windows 1.1a
  • Microsoft Fine Artist for the Macintosh 1.0
  • Microsoft Fine Artist for the Macintosh 1.1
  • Microsoft Fine Artist for the Macintosh 1.1a
  • Microsoft Fine Artist for Windows 1.0
  • Microsoft Fine Artist for Windows 1.1
  • Microsoft Fine Artist for Windows 1.1a
This article was previously published under Q121528

SUMMARY

Microsoft Creative Writer 1.x and Fine Artist 1.x recognize TrueType fonts only. You must have at least one valid True Type font on your system to run Creative Writer or Fine Artist.

MORE INFORMATION

Creative Writer and Fine Artist do not recognize non-TrueType fonts, such as printer fonts or PostScript fonts. If you have no TrueType fonts installed, you receive the following alert when you attempt to run either program:
Windows: "True Type fonts are not enabled."
On the Macintosh, you always have three TrueType fonts included as system FOND resources (Chicago, Geneva, Monaco).

Creative Writer and Fine Artist ship with a set of five TrueType fonts. These are: Impact, Lucida Blackletter, Lucida Handwriting, Lucida Sans, and Stencil.

Creative Writer 1.1 and Fine Artist 1.1 (on CD-ROM) and the Creative Writer/Fine Artist combination CD-ROM (version 1.1a), also include the McZee font. On the Macintosh, the Kids Fonts/Kids CD Fonts suitcase must be dragged to the appropriate location in the system folder for these fonts to be activated. (Use Font/DA Mover on System 6.x Macintoshes.)
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:8/15/2005
Keywords:kbhowto KB121528
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