How To License the MS LineDraw TrueType Font (150641)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) 3.1
- Microsoft Win32 Application Programming Interface (API), when used with:
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
This article was previously published under Q150641 SUMMARY
Some Microsoft applications, including Microsoft Word, are shipped with a
TrueType font named MS LineDraw. This font is located in the "linedraw.ttf"
font file and contains glyphs for the line drawing characters of the
extended ASCII character set. Many earlier MS-DOS applications use the
extended ASCII MS LineDraw characters to produce text-based graphics.
Windows application developers have expressed interest in the MS LineDraw
font as a means of maintaining some form of backward compatibility with
their previous MS-DOS-based applications. Developers can use the MS
LineDraw font in their applications by licensing it from Monotype. To
license MS LineDraw, contact Wade Farrell at Monotype:
Telephone: 1-800-MONOTYPE, (312)855-1440
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E-mail: oemsales@monotypeusa.com<BR/>
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Visit their website and get help:
http://www.monotypeusa.com
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An alternative to licensing MS LineDraw is to use the GDI functions of the
Windows SDK to directly draw any graphics required by the application. By
using GDI, developers eliminate the potentially troublesome task of
aligning glyphs on various and differing devices. Backward compatibility is
achieved by converting the data to the representative characters from the
extended ASCII character set when it is interchanged with the MS-DOS-based
applications.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 3/21/2005 |
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