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Which is best font to use going forward?
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Forms & Form designer
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP2
OS:
Windows Server 2012
Network:
Windows 2008 Server
Database:
MS SQL Server
Application:
Web
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Thread ID:
01593829
Message ID:
01594072
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87
Rick, isn't Tahoma a TrueType font?

Or are you saying the same is also true of any ClearType font in addition to Tohoma Bold?

>Same here...
>
>I do have issues with bold text though on Windows 8+. Bold text will get out of focus and 'blotch' on grey backgrounds with Tahoma (or any ClearType font) which seems is a bug in the way VFP is doing it's font rendering...
>
>Anybody else have this issue?
>
>+++ Rick ---
>
>>We are using Tahoma (size 8) for many years now and it does not look outdated yet, so we are very happy with that decision. It's very readable and does not look as common as Arial. Also it uses relatively little space, while some fonts may use more space and that can be a problem when you have to put longer words on a label and you don't like to resize the entire form. For that reason I would never use Verdana.
>>
>>>I could use a little advice on this one. I am updating a older VFP 7 app to VFP 9. I have been reviewing some info by Doug Hennig on Font selection for Windows 7, etc.
>>>
>>>Since we are now firmly in a Windows 7 and Windows 8 world, is it better to move to using Segoe UI (as Doug suggested), or has that now changed since Windows 8?
>>>
>>>I don't think Segoe UI is a truetype font, and that kind of bothers me. My concern is I don't want Microsoft to make a change to something that will knock all my forms out of allign.
>>>
>>>What if someone turns off cleartype?
>>>
>>>Any thoughts and suggestions are appreciated....
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