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Q82751: Maximum Number of TrueType Fonts Installed

Article: Q82751
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.1,3.11
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 09-OCT-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows versions 3.1, 3.11 
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SUMMARY
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The number of TrueType fonts in the Microsoft Windows operating system version
3.1 are limited by the following items:

- The number of fonts that can be declared in the WIN.INI file

  The WIN.INI file cannot be larger than 64K. This allows for between 500 and
  1000 fonts to be declared (depending on the length of the filenames and
  paths).

- The number of fonts than can be used simultaneously during a Windows session

  The Graphical Device Interface (GDI) internal tables allow no more than 1600
  entries. There are stricter limitations because of the size of the TrueType
  data segment and the number of selectors available in the system. Between 300
  and 800 different fonts can be used simultaneously during a Windows session.


- The number of fonts that can be printed on the same document

Additional query words: 3.10 3.11 true type fonts limit ttf

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWin3xSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin310 kbWin311
Version           : WINDOWS:3.1,3.11

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