Fonts Provided for Compatibility

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."