I can't speak for Tosca's requirements, but if it's necessary to match
the overall appearance of a regular font except for the letter height,
WordArt can't do it.
For example, try inserting some ordinary text in 24 pt Times New Roman
with no other formatting. Now try to match it with the same phrase in
WordArt, with the same stroke weight, width, and general appearance
but 120% of the height. You'll find that WordArt's "regular" stroke
weight is much heavier, equal to or more than that of TNR's bold face,
and the sharp corners are all rounded off. It barely looks like the
same font.
An added annoyance is that WordArt's sizes are wildly out of line.
Before any adjustments, the WordArt is about 30% wider and *four times
the height* of the regular text it claims as equivalent.
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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ:
http://word.mvps.org
On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 20:24:52 -0500, "BK"
wrote:
That's what I thought. So then why the problem with the original post in
this thread? If the fonts that are available in Word are also available in
Word Art, then Word Art would have been the perfect solution to this issue.
Yes? No?
"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
.. .
I think Word 95 or 97 was the last release that had a limited set of
fonts for WordArt. All the recent releases will use any installed
TrueType font. There's a font selection dropdown in the Edit WordArt
Text dialog.
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Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 17:45:14 -0500, "BK"
wrote:
Suzanne
All Windows programs, yes, but why not Word Art? Any way to add fonts to
that?
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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FWIW, fonts available in Word will be available in all Windows programs.
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"Tosca" wrote in message
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Hi JoAnn
I've never heard of Picture It! but I've managed to do what I need
using
Suzanne's tip which has allowed me to use the font that I need. The
problem
about using other software is that the font may not be available.
Thank you for the suggestion.
"JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]" wrote in message
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I've yet to see a computer that didn't have some sort of a graphics
program. Don't you have Picture It! or something like that?
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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]