The user interface in Windows 95 relies on TrueType fonts. However, three fonts — System, Fixed, and OEM (or Terminal) — are installed to support display and output devices to support other applications that may require these fonts. Each of these fonts supports two display types — 8514/a (1024x768) resolution and VGA (640x480) resolution.
The filenames of the System, Fixed, and OEM fonts provided with Windows 95 are listed in the following table arranged by display type.
Font name | 8514/a | VGA |
System | 8514SYS.FON | VGASYS.FON |
Fixed | 8514FIX.FON | VGAFIX.FON |
OEM | 8514OEM.FON | VGAOEM.FON |
Windows 95 also provides a set of fonts for displaying MS-DOS – based applications running in a window.
By default, code page 437 (U.S.) fonts are installed. Other font files are included for international language support and are identified by the code page number appended to the filename.
The following font files are provided with the associated code page translation table files.
Font file(s) | Code page | Configuration |
CGA40WOA.FON, CGA80WOA.FON, DOSAPP.FON, EGA40WOA.FON, EGA80WOA.FON | 437 | U.S. |
APP850.FON | 850 | U.S. |
CGA40850.FON, CGA80850.FON, EGA40850.FON, EGA80850.FON, VGA850.FON | 850 | Multilingual |
VGA860.FON | 860 | Portuguese |
VGA861.FON | 861 | Icelandic |
VGA863.FON | 863 | French Canadian |
VGA865.FON | 865 | Norwegian/Danish |
Note The TrueType fonts included on the Windows 95 compact disc contain approximately 650 characters that cover all the European languages. For more information about installing multilanguage support in Windows 95, see Chapter 34, "International Windows 95."