MS Word font problem

[martin.kearin]

I have been given an MS Word file by a student. File was created in
Windows XP & Word 2003. Student used a font called "City Blueprint"
which she says came as part of Word 2003 (though it does not appear in
any version I have checked).
When I view on my computer text appears as Greek symbols. OK I do not
recognise the font so it is trying to display as best possible. Trying
to change font to say Arial or Times new Roman just displays squares
rather than text.
I asked the student to change the font of her original file on her
computer but she gets the same effect - rows of squares.
Does anyone know what is happening and how to correct?

 

[Rock]

I have been given an MS Word file by a student. File was created in
Windows XP & Word 2003. Student used a font called "City Blueprint"
which she says came as part of Word 2003 (though it does not appear in
any version I have checked).
When I view on my computer text appears as Greek symbols. OK I do not
recognise the font so it is trying to display as best possible. Trying
to change font to say Arial or Times new Roman just displays squares
rather than text.
I asked the student to change the font of her original file on her
computer but she gets the same effect - rows of squares.
Does anyone know what is happening and how to correct?

This is an MS Word issue, best to post it to a Word newsgroup. Look at the
groups under microsoft.public.word.

 

[Lem]

I have been given an MS Word file by a student. File was created in
Windows XP & Word 2003. Student used a font called "City Blueprint"
which she says came as part of Word 2003 (though it does not appear in
any version I have checked).
When I view on my computer text appears as Greek symbols. OK I do not
recognise the font so it is trying to display as best possible. Trying
to change font to say Arial or Times new Roman just displays squares
rather than text.
I asked the student to change the font of her original file on her
computer but she gets the same effect - rows of squares.
Does anyone know what is happening and how to correct?

I don't know why your student can't change the font, but City Blueprint
is a free TrueType font available at
http://www.fontstock.net/download/8826/CityBlueprint.html

(It shows up as squares in my browser, as well, but seems to work OK if
you download, unzip, and install it.)

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