Computer and Web Articles

Question:

Hi Erin. I enjoy your weekly tips article in the Summit Daily, and last week’s section on the “fancy font” made me think of a question about fonts I’ve had for a long time: I have thousands of fonts on my computer. If I send a Word document or email message using a font that the receiving person does not have, can they still “read” my message/font? Thanks. – Mike

Answer:

That is a really great question, Mike. The first half of the answer is yes, your recipient will indeed be able to read that message you typed out using your beautiful font. The second half of the answer is no, he won’t see your message the same way you did when you wrote it.

Because the font you used is not installed on your recipient’s machine, his computer will substitute another (likely less beautiful) font in its place.