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The stock-font resource (defined by the FONTS.BIN file) defines the
characteristics of the stock-font objects used by Windows. Windows requires
three stock fonts:
 
♦  OEM font (the Terminal font)
 
♦  ANSI fixed-pitch font
 
♦  ANSI variable-pitch font
 
Windows supplies a wide variety of stock-font files at various aspect
ratios, so most display drivers do not have to provide the actual font files
to support these stock fonts. Windows provides the following screen and
system fonts.
 
Font       Aspect ratio    Logical pixels per inch    Logical pixels per
name                       X                          inch Y
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
COURB      EGA, 1.33 to    96                         72
           1
 
EGASYS     EGA, 1.33 to    96                         72
           1
 
SERIFB     EGA, 1.33 to    96                         72
           1
 
SMALLB     EGA, 1.33 to    96                         72
           1
 
SSERIFB    EGA, 1.33 to    96                         72
           1
 
COURE      VGA, 1 to 1     96                         96
 
SERIFE     VGA, 1 to 1     96                         96
 
SMALLE     VGA, 1 to 1     96                         96
 
SSERIFE    VGA, 1 to 1     96                         96
 
VGAFIX     VGA, 1 to 1     96                         96
 
VGASYS     VGA, 1 to 1     96                         96
 
8514FIX    8514/A, 1 to    120                        120
           1
 
8514SYS    8514/A, 1 to    120                        120
           1
 
COURF      8514/A, 1 to    120                        120
           1
 
SERIFF     8514/A, 1 to    120                        120
           1
 
SMALLF     8514/A, 1 to    120                        120
           1
 
SSERIFF    8514/A, 1 to    120                        120
           1
 
All the filenames have the same .FON extension.
 
 
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