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Dealing with differences in "official" fonts in Windows

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Mar 15, 2026532 views
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I work in a multinational office. Some people have CHN copies of Windows 7/XP and Office 2007/2010 installed, others have various ENG variants. All are legit. I was surprised to discover recently that the official, licensed fonts included in these various packages are not all equivalent. Clearly, a…

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I suggest visiting the Microsoft Typography site. This claims to provide detailed information on what fonts ship with which products and how to buy addiitonal copies of fonts if needed. For example, this is a link to the Gill Sans fonts shipped in s…

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