The issue of which font to use come up in a thread code I posted at PowerBASIC (PB). Then realized searching Windows Character Map to find if a font had glyphs for the characters would use in PB code or HTML. Many are DOS fonts of ANSI/OEM with symbols that were misplaced in ASCII control codes (1 to 31) moved to Unicode equivalent code points. Not useful for modern apps or web pages.
To get a near perfect list of font choices I went through all fonts, starting with learn.microsoft.com/.../abadi-mt; looking for a minimum of 1252 Latin 1, 1251 Cyrillic, 1253 Greek and 1254 Turkish in addition to ASCII The next test was the font's appearance in the Windows Character Map tool. I've not (knowingly) downloaded any other fonts, so nearly all Windows users should have them. A surprise was the fonts in Character Map that did not have a learn.microsoft description page.
| Proportional | |
|---|---|
| Font Name | 18pt Sample |
| MS Page | |
| Arial | AaBbCcĞğŞşπμ |
| learn.microsoft.com/.../arial (in new window) | |
| Arial Black | AaBbCcĞğŞşπμ |
| learn.microsoft.com/.../arial-black (in new window) | |
| Arial Narrow | AaBbCcĞğŞşπμ |
| learn.microsoft.com/.../arial-narrow (in new window) | |
| Bahnschrift | AaBbCcĞğŞşπμ |
| learn.microsoft.com/.../bahnschrift (in new window) | |
| Bookman Old Style | AaBbCcĞğŞşπμ |
| learn.microsoft.com/.../bookman-old-style (in new window) | |
| Book Antiqua | AaBbCcĞğŞşπμ |
| learn.microsoft.com/.../book-antiqua (in new window) | |
| Calibri | AaBbCcĞğŞşπμ |
| learn.microsoft.com/.../calibri (in new window) | |
| Calibri Light | AaBbCcĞğŞşπμ |
| learn.microsoft.com/.../calibri (in new window) | |
| Cambria | AaBbCcĞğŞşπμ |
| learn.microsoft.com/.../cambria (in new window) | |
| Cambria Math | AaBbCcĞğŞşπμ |
| learn.microsoft.com/.../cambria-math (in new window) | |
| Candara | AaBbCcĞğŞşπμ |
| learn.microsoft.com/.../candara (in new window) | |
| Candara Light | AaBbCcĞğŞşπμ |
| learn.microsoft.com/.../candara (in new window) | |
| Century | AaBbCcĞğŞşπμ |
| learn.microsoft.com/.../century (in new window) | |
| Century Gothic | AaBbCcĞğŞşπμ |
| learn.microsoft.com/.../century-gothic (in new window) | |
| Century Schoolbook | AaBbCcĞğŞşπμ |
| learn.microsoft.com/.../century-schoolbook (in new window) | |
| Comic Sans MS | AaBbCcĞğŞşπμ |
| learn.microsoft.com/.../comic-sans-ms (in new window) | |
| Constantia | AaBbCcĞğŞşπμ |
| learn.microsoft.com/.../constantia (in new window) | |
| Corbel | AaBbCcĞğŞşπμ |
| learn.microsoft.com/.../corbel (in new window) | |
| Franklin Gothic Book | AaBbCcĞğŞşπμ |
| learn.microsoft.com/.../franklin-gothic (in new window) | |
| Gabriola | AaBbCcĞğŞşπμ |
| learn.microsoft.com/.../gabriola (in new window) | |
| Garamond | AaBbCcĞğŞşπμ |
| learn.microsoft.com/.../garamond (in new window) | |
| Georgia | AaBbCcĞğŞşπμ |
| learn.microsoft.com/.../georgia (in new window) | |
| Haettenschweiler | AaBbCcĞğŞşπμ |
| learn.microsoft.com/.../haettenschweiler (in new window) | |
| Impact | AaBbCcĞğŞşπμ |
| learn.microsoft.com/.../impact (in new window) | |
| Lucida Sans Unicode | AaBbCcĞğŞşπμ |
| learn.microsoft.com/.../lucida-sans-unicode (in new window) | |
| Microsoft Sans Serif | AaBbCcĞğŞşπμ |
| learn.microsoft.com/.../microsoft-sans-serif (in new window) | |
| Mistral | AaBbCcĞğŞşπμ |
| learn.microsoft.com/.../mistral (in new window) | |
| Monotype Corsiva | AaBbCcĞğŞşπμ |
| learn.microsoft.com/.../monotype-corsiva (in new window) | |
| MS PGothic | AaBbCcĞğŞşπμ |
| learn.microsoft.com/.../ms-pgothic (in new window) | |
| Palatino Linotype | AaBbCcĞğŞşπμ |
| learn.microsoft.com/.../palatino-linotype (in new window) | |
| Segoe Print | AaBbCcĞğŞşπμ |
| learn.microsoft.com/.../segoe-print (in new window) | |
| Segoe Script | AaBbCcĞğŞşπμ |
| learn.microsoft.com/.../segoe-script (in new window) | |
| Segoe UI | AaBbCcĞğŞşπμ |
| learn.microsoft.com/.../segoe-ui (in new window) | |
| Sitka Display | AaBbCcĞğŞşπμ |
| learn.microsoft.com/.../sitka-display (in new window) | |
| Sitka Display Semibold | AaBbCcĞğŞşπμ |
| learn.microsoft.com/.../sitka-display-semibold (in new window) | |
| Sylfaen | AaBbCcĞğŞşπμ |
| learn.microsoft.com/.../sylfaen (in new window) | |
| Tahoma | AaBbCcĞğŞşπμ |
| learn.microsoft.com/.../tahoma (in new window) | |
| Times New Roman | AaBbCcĞğŞşπμ |
| learn.microsoft.com/.../times-new-roman (in new window) | |
| Trebuchet MS | AaBbCcĞğŞşπμ |
| learn.microsoft.com/.../trebuchet-ms (in new window) | |
| Verdana | AaBbCcĞğŞşπμ |
| learn.microsoft.com/.../verdana (in new window) | |
For the monospaced fonts I added a box drawing glyph to the sample. MS Gothic would not be my choice for a "form".
| Mono-spaced | |
|---|---|
| Font Name | 18pt Sample |
| MS Page | |
| Consolas | AaBbCcĞğŞşπμ╦ |
| learn.microsoft.com/.../consolas (in new window) | |
| Courier New | AaBbCcĞğŞşπμ╦ |
| learn.microsoft.com/.../courier-new (in new window) | |
| Lucida Console | AaBbCcĞğŞşπμ╦ |
| learn.microsoft.com/.../lucida-console (in new window)(says proportional, NOT) | |
| MS Gothic | AaBbCcĞğŞşπμ╦ |
| learn.microsoft.com/.../ms-gothic (in new window) | |
Created on 19 October 2023.
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