RE: [h-e-w] Selecting and setting a fixed width font for NT

[Michael Campbell]

And/or http://umn.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe

(I can't verify that this exe isn't a virus, mind you, so caveat emptor.)  I
found it using a google-search for "andale32.exe".


> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Mason, Michael M
> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 12:59 PM
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> Subject: RE: [h-e-w] Selecting and setting a fixed width font for NT
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jeff Finger [mailto:address@hidden
> > Sent: 01 July 2003 12:56
> > To: Mason, Michael M
> > Subject: RE: [h-e-w] Selecting and setting a fixed width font for NT
> >
> > Is Andale Mono available for free some place, or does one
> > need to buy it?
>
> It's a bit of a long story, so if you're sitting comfortably...
>
> Microsoft originally distributed Andale Mono with Internet Explorer 4,
> except that they called it "Monotype.com" at that time.  Internet
> Explorer 4
> is the only product that Microsoft ever distributed Andale Mono (or
> Monotype.com) with.
>
> However, around that time,  Microsoft started a project called "Core Fonts
> for the Web" and set up a website where you could download a
> number of fonts
> that Microsoft hoped would become widely used on the Web.  The
> full list is
> available at http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/default.asp, where
> you'll see that Andale Mono was one of those fonts.
>
> For some unknown reason, Microsoft discontinued "Core Fonts for the Web"
> last August (see http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fontpack/), so you
> can't download Andale Mono from that website any more.  However, don't
> despair yet!  Although you can't download the font, you can take a look at
> the EULA for the "Core Fonts" at
> http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fontpack/eula.htm where you'll notice
> that anyone who downloaded the "Core Fonts" is entitled to
> redistribute the
> fonts they downloaded as long as they don't make a profit doing so.
>
> So the upshot of all this is that the EULA allows me to e-mail
> you a copy of
> the Andale Mono font that I downloaded from the "Core Fonts" website in
> March last year.  So if you, or anyone else, wants a copy, please
> e-mail me
> and I'll send you one.  It comes as a self-installing EXE and is about
> 195Kb; I'll put it in a ZIP file along with a copy of the EULA, which the
> EULA requires me to send you.
>
> --
> Michael
>
>