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RE: [h-e-w] Selecting and setting a fixed width font for NT
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Mason, Michael M |
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RE: [h-e-w] Selecting and setting a fixed width font for NT |
Date: |
Thu, 10 Jul 2003 18:58:44 +0100 |
> -----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
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