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   Liz McGuire to Kenneth   
   Re: Font changes on form...?   
   18 May 09 16:29:35   
   
   From: liz@paradoxcommunity.com   
      
   How many fonts are installed on the computer?  Installed any new fonts or   
   applications (which frequently install fonts without telling you) lately?   
      
   When was the last time you power cycled this computer?   
      
   Liz   
      
      
   Kenneth  wrote:   
   >   
   >Howdy,   
   >   
   >I thought that I was losing my mind, but...   
   >   
   >A few minutes ago, I launched P9, and opened a form that I   
   >use every working day.   
   >   
   >I saw immediately that it was displaying with a font in many   
   >fields that was different from the font specified in the   
   >design of the form.   
   >   
   >I then launched the form on another system, and it looked   
   >fine.   
   >   
   >The font that was supposed to display was Arial, but on the   
   >machine with the problem it displayed with Courier New.   
   >   
   >Next, I opened Microsoft Word to see if I could type   
   >something using Arial, and indeed, I could.   
   >   
   >Back in Paradox, I looked at the properties of the form,   
   >and, as it should, it showed the font as Arial.   
   >   
   >When I ran the form after looking at the properties, it   
   >appeared as it should. And, with that, I thought the problem   
   >solved...   
   >   
   >But, about an hour later, it happened again.   
   >   
   >I found that by relaunching Paradox, I could get the proper   
   >font, but this does seem rather weird.   
   >   
   >Might have any suggestions about what could cause such a   
   >thing?   
   >   
   >Many thanks,   
   >--   
   >Kenneth   
   >   
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