Windows NT includes several fonts for use with various types of applications, display monitors, and code pages. To add screen, plotter, TrueType or Type 1 fonts to Windows NT applications, double-click the Fonts icon in the Control Panel window.
Fonts occupy memory. If you don't intend to use all the fonts you have installed, you can remove the fonts from the system and free memory for use by applications. For more information about removing fonts, see "Removing a Font" in Chapter 5, "Control Panel," in the Windows NT System Guide.
Windows NT includes the following raster and vector fonts. For more information about Windows NT fonts, see Chapter 7, "Fonts." For more information about code pages, see Appendix C, "International Considerations."
Table 4.6 Raster and Vector Font (.FON and .FNT) Files
Filename | Description |
APP850.FON | MS-DOS application font; uses code page 850 |
CGA40850.FON | CGA font; uses code page 850 |
CGA40WOA.FON | CGA font; uses code page 437 (WOA is an acronym for Windows Old Application) |
CGA80850.FON | CGA font; uses code page 850 (80 column display) |
CGA80WOA.FON | CGA font; uses code page 437 (80 column display) |
COURE.FON | Windows 3.0 Courier system font, VGA display compatible; aspect ratio 1:1, 96 ppi x 96 ppi (pixels per inch) |
COURF.FON | Windows 3.0 Courier system font, 8514 display compatible; aspect ratio 1:1, 120 ppi x 120 ppi |
DOSAPP.FON | MS-DOS application font; uses code page 437 |
EGA.CPI | EGA ROM international fonts; used for displaying full-screen MS-DOS applications |
EGA40850.FON | EGA font; uses code page 850 |
EGA40WOA.FON | CGA font; uses code page 437 |
EGA80850.FON | EGA font; uses code page 850 (80 columns) |
EGA80WOA.FON | CGA font; uses code page 437 (80 columns) |
MODERN.FON | Windows 3.1 vector font |
NT.FNT, NT2.FNT | Introduction to Windows NT font files |
ROMAN.FON | Vector font |
SCRIPT.FON | Vector font |
SERIFE.FON | Windows 3.0 serif system font, VGA display compatible; aspect ratio 1:1, 96 ppi x 96 ppi |
SERIFF.FON | Windows 3.0 serif system font, 8514 display compatible; aspect ratio 1:1, 120 ppi x 120 ppi |
SMALLE.FON | Windows 3.0 small system font, VGA display compatible; aspect ratio 1:1, 96 ppi x 96 ppi |
SMALLF.FON | Windows 3.0 small system font, 8514 display compatible ; aspect ratio 1:1, 120 ppi x 120 ppi |
SSERIFE.FON | Windows 3.0 sans serif system font, VGA display compatible; aspect ratio 1:1, 96 ppi x 96 ppi |
SSERIFF.FON | Windows 3.0 sans serif system font, 8514 display compatible; aspect ratio 1:1, 120 ppi x 120 ppi |
SYMBOLE.FON | Windows 3.0 Symbol system font, VGA display compatible; aspect ratio 1:1, 96 ppi x 96 ppi |
SYMBOLF.FON | Windows 3.0 Symbol system font, 8514 display compatible; aspect ratio 1:1, 120 ppi x 120 ppi |
VGA850.FON | VGA font support for code page 850 (International) |
VGA860.FON | VGA font support for code page 860 (Portuguese) |
VGA861.FON | VGA font support for code page 861 (Icelandic) |
VGA863.FON | VGA font support for code page 863 (French Canadian) |
VGA865.FON | VGA font support for code page 865 (Norwegian/Danish) |
VGAFIX.FON | VGA fixed font (typically used as a monospace system font) |
VGAOEM.FON | VGA OEM font; used to display Clipboard objects in the Clipboard Viewer |
VGASYS.FON | VGA System font (proportional) |
The TrueType downloadable fonts shipped with Windows NT support the Arial, Courier New, Times New Roman®, Symbol, and Wingdings® font families. Each family requires two files, a font header (.FOT) file, and a TrueType font (.TTF) file.
Caution The Setup program installs TrueType font and font header files in %systemroot%\SYSTEM. Be careful not to delete the TrueType files from this directory because these files are used by Windows NT 32-bit applications as well as 16-bit applications.
Windows NT includes the following TrueType font and font header files.
Table 4.7 TrueType Font and Font Header (.TTF and .FOT) Files
Filename | Description |
ARIAL.FOT | Arial TrueType font header |
ARIAL.TTF | Arial |
ARIALBD.FOT | Arial Bold TrueType font header |
ARIALBD.TTF | Arial Bold |
ARIALBI.FOT | Arial Bold Italic TrueType font header |
ARIALBI.TTF | Arial Bold Italic |
ARIALI.FOT | Arial Italic TrueType font header |
ARIALI.TTF | Arial Italic |
COUR.FOT | Courier TrueType font header |
COUR.TTF | Courier |
COURBD.FOT | Courier Bold TrueType font header |
COURBD.TTF | Courier Bold |
COURBI.FOT | Courier Bold Italic font header |
COURBI.TTF | Courier Bold Italic |
COURI.FOT | Courier Italic TrueType font header |
COURI.TTF | Courier Italic |
SYMBOL.FOT | Symbol TrueType font header |
SYMBOL.TTF | Symbol |
TIMES.FOT | Times New Roman TrueType font header |
TIMES.TTF | Times New Roman |
TIMESBD.FOT | Times New Roman Bold TrueType font header |
TIMESBD.TTF | Times New Roman Bold |
TIMESBI.FOT | Times New Roman Bold Italic font header |
TIMESBI.TTF | Times New Roman Bold Italic |
TIMESI.FOT | Times New Roman Italic font header |
TIMESI.TTF | Times New Roman Italic |
UCLUCIDA.TTF | Unicode Lucida® TrueType |
WINGDING.FOT | WingDings TrueType font header |
WINGDING.TTF | WingDings |