Font Basics

Written by Stephen Bucaro


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Bitmapped fonts are stored in files withrepparttar extension .fon. TrueType fonts are stored as font descriptions in files withrepparttar 107578 extension .ttf. To install a font, simply copyrepparttar 107579 font file torepparttar 107580 c:Windows onts or :WINNT onts folder. You could store a font file in a different folder and include a shortcut torepparttar 107581 font file inrepparttar 107582 fonts folder.

To view a font, simply navigate torepparttar 107583 fonts folder and double-click on a font file. You can also view fonts by selecting Start | Settings | Control Panel and openingrepparttar 107584 Fonts utility. The Fonts utility provides many extra features, such asrepparttar 107585 ability to select similar fonts.

When you selectrepparttar 107586 "font" menu item from within an application,repparttar 107587 Font dialog box will display a list ofrepparttar 107588 the fonts stored inrepparttar 107589 fonts folder. The Font dialog box in some applications will actually displayrepparttar 107590 typefaces for you to choose from.

When you install some applications, like graphics programs, hundreds of fonts may be installed along with them. To keeprepparttar 107591 number of fonts manageable, you may want to delete fonts you don't use. To delete a font, simply deleterepparttar 107592 font file, but remember, if you used that font in a document, when you open or print that document, Windows will be required to selectrepparttar 107593 closest matching font torepparttar 107594 deleted font, and you may get unexpected results.

System fonts are used byrepparttar 107595 Windows operating system for text like window titles and menu items. To determine which fonts are being used byrepparttar 107596 system, select Start | Settings | Control panel and openrepparttar 107597 Display utility. Inrepparttar 107598 Display Properties dialog box, selectrepparttar 107599 Appearance tab. Inrepparttar 107600 Item: drop-down list, select items that use text, like "Title Bar", "Menu", "Message Box", and so on. The name ofrepparttar 107601 font used for each item will appear inrepparttar 107602 Font: text box. Don't delete a font being used byrepparttar 107603 system.

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Easy Web Page Watcher Watches Web Pages For You

Written by Bill Peifer


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The program worked as advertised. I was alerted with an audible alarm when my stocks appeared in a press release at Yahoo's financial web site. I soon discovered thatrepparttar program could also email these alerts to me. This was great because now I could runrepparttar 107577 program on my home PC using my full time broadband internet. My employer could not accuse me in any way of constantly being onrepparttar 107578 internet at work.

Another one of those large toolbar buttons allows you to changerepparttar 107579 watch mode to "Just Tell Me If The Web Pages I Specify Change". So Easy Web Page Watcher can also be set up to notify you when any changes or updates occur onrepparttar 107580 web pages you specify. It does this by continuously downloading and comparingrepparttar 107581 HTML file withrepparttar 107582 initial HTML file recorded atrepparttar 107583 start ofrepparttar 107584 watch session. Ifrepparttar 107585 HTML file changes Easy Web Page Watcher notifies you. I soon had a use for this operating mode, I could now watch my Web Site's HTML log file for visitors. I subscribe to one of those services that provide you with an HTML log file that updates with visitor information everytime someone clicks on one of your web pages. Instead of constantly checking this HTML log file with my internet browser, I let Easy Web Page Watcher watch it for updates. It is a lot of fun to know immediately when someone visits your site.

Software: Easy Web Page Watcher Home Page: http://www.patdirienzo.com

Bill Peifer holds a degree in Electrical Engineering and has written several computer technology related articles.


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