Clear Type not always available

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Cliff Heller

Some applications are hard wired to use the MS Sans Serif font, which is
not clear typeable.

I've tried to put in a font substitution entry in
the registry, but I believe this is only an option when the requested
font is unavailable. How dangerous is it to remove MS Sans Serif
entirely. Is it even possible?

Is there another way to replace that font with a font that will be clear
typeable?

Isn't this an accessibility issue? What do the visually impaired do
with this nearly unreadable font?
 
Dialog fonts are virtual fonts (at least for current MS programs).

Here is where MS Shell Dlg is actually mapped to a font.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\FontSubstitutes
 
David Candy said:
Dialog fonts are virtual fonts (at least for current MS programs).

Here is where MS Shell Dlg is actually mapped to a font.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\FontSubstitutes
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And that has very little to do with what I'm talking about.

1) MS Shell Dlg by default is mapped to "Microsoft Sans Serif" which is
NOT the same as MS Sans Serif. For one thing, it's a true type font.

2) Some applications have obviously hard coded fonts into their app, not
just in dialogs, but also in their own menu controls, and in other
places.
 
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