Discusses device font substitution in a printer driver for the fonts that the operating system provides.

Jerold Schulman

November 21, 2006

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I first discussed font substitution in Window NT 4.0 at tip 0542 Does a document created on computer A have different printed dimensions on computer B?

Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 927067 contains the following INTRODUCTION:

When you send a document to a printer, the printer may substitute the fonts that reside on the printer for TrueType fonts that the operating system provides. This article discusses how device fonts are substituted.


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