Loading Fonts in Windows 95

Windows 95 no longer checks the [fonts] section in WIN.INI to load fonts. The locations for all fonts are stored only in the Registry and are automatically moved when an application created for an earlier version of Windows installs a new font in the [fonts] section of WIN.INI.

When Windows 95 starts, it loads both the raster fonts and the TrueType fonts listed in the Registry.

• The raster fonts are resolution-dependent and are listed in the Registry key named Hkey_Current_Config\Display\Fonts. (This supports multiple docking scenarios for portable computers in which there can be a different resolution on the LCD screen from the one on the docking station.) The master list of all possible resolutions for raster fonts is stored in the Registry under the following key:
• Hkey_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Fontsize
• The TrueType fonts are loaded from the location specified in the key:
• Hkey_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Fonts

Printer drivers, which are loaded later in the startup process, look in WIN.INI to load any available soft fonts. These fonts appear within an application's list of available fonts.

Notes

Because fonts are stored in the Registry, there is no limit to the number of TrueType fonts that can be installed. In addition, almost 1000 fonts can be used simultaneously, and the same number can be printed in the same document.

In Windows 95, the Enable TrueType Fonts option is no longer available, because the user interface depends heavily upon TrueType. Also, there is no longer a separate Font Installer. You install new fonts by adding them to the Fonts Folder.