Re: Need two fonts from Microsoft

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Hi James:

On 20/12/06 9:01 AM, in article
1166565686.231438.89950@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "baconjh@xxxxxxxxx"
<baconjh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I was wondering if the Windows XP fonts could
be run on a Mac,

Yes, they can. Just drag the TTF or OTF files into your font folder. Note:
Expect "Issues". Windows has a wider subset of the Unicode character set
than Mac OS, and some applications will require coaxing to reveal or use
Unicode characters outside the Mac International character set range.

and if so if there was an easy way to legally obtain
these fonts.

Yes: Buy any version of Windows that contains them. Windows 2000 ought to
be real cheap right now with Vista just about to be released, and it has
full Unicode fonts included with it (Windows NT is too old: the fonts are
not all Unicode).

If you have PPC Macs, it could be useful to buy a copy of Microsoft Office
2004 Professional. This comes with a suitable copy of Windows, and would
allow you to load and run the Windows version of Office for jobs where you
get stuck and need the full Unicode range.

If you have Intel Macs, a copy of Windows XP Professional would be just the
ticket: either chuck it into BootCamp, or run Parallels :-)

Cheers

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John McGhie <john@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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