Display and Output Differences: Windows 3.0 and 3.1

 Last reviewed: November 21, 1994
Article ID: Q82605
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows operating system versions 3.1, 3.11

There are slight differences in font spacing and layout in documents created under Windows 3.0 and brought into Microsoft Windows operating system version 3.1. The average character widths of fonts are different in Windows 3.1. This difference is due to three significant changes made to Windows 3.1:

  • Windows 3.1 corrected incorrect font metrics.
  • There were DTP (DeskTop Publishing) characters added to the character sets in Windows 3.1.
  • The average-width formula used to calculate spacing is now consistent throughout Windows 3.1.

The differences will appear on the screen and on printer output.

KBCategory: kbother
KBSubcategory: win31
Additional reference words: 3.10 3.11 winfont

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Last reviewed: November 21, 1994
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