OS/2 Fonts Information

This article summarize the fonts that are available on OS/2 Warp 4.5x.

Font Types

 * .FON
 * .TTF - TrueType
 * .PFB - PostScript printer fonts

.FON type - OS/2 Bitmap Font
This kind of fonts are located on the OS2/DLL folder. The ones are:
 * COURIER.FON - OS/2 Courier Font
 * HELV.FON - OS/2 Helvetica Fonts. Copyright IBM and Bitstram Inc.
 * SYSMONO.FON - OS/2 System Monospace Fonts. By IBM.
 * TIMES.FON - OS/2 Times Roman Fonts, (c) Copyright 1988, 1998 IBM Corp., Portions Copyright 1985 Bitstream, Inc.

.TTF type - TrueType Font
Truetype fonts are also available for OS/2.

Font Suggestions

 * PM Desktop Text: It had been suggest not to use any TrueType font for the PM Desktop text because they will never look as crisp as a bitmap fonts, partly because they have a much higher processing overhead.


 * For example, Workplace Sans (unhinted font) is basically always going to look bad (rough edges) unless you have the embedded bitmaps enabled (only works for certain sizes), or are running it antialiased.

Links

 * Alex Taylor Fonts