On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 04:10:46PM -0500, Amy Tanner wrote: > I found some links on the web about Microsoft Core Fonts but Microsoft's > site says they are no longer making the core fonts available for free > download. Found a FAQ: http://microsoft.com/typography/faq/faq8.htm If needed, I may be able to provide the following. Otherwise, it may also be possible to obtain these files from the internet. -rw-r--r-- 1 jts jts 198384 Mar 27 13:43 andale32.exe -rw-r--r-- 1 jts jts 554208 Mar 27 13:45 arial32.exe -rw-r--r-- 1 jts jts 168176 Mar 27 13:45 arialb32.exe -rw-r--r-- 1 jts jts 246008 Mar 27 13:45 comic32.exe -rw-r--r-- 1 jts jts 646368 Mar 27 13:46 courie32.exe -rw-r--r-- 1 jts jts 392440 Mar 27 13:44 georgi32.exe -rw-r--r-- 1 jts jts 173288 Mar 27 13:45 impact32.exe -rw-r--r-- 1 jts jts 661728 Mar 27 13:45 times32.exe -rw-r--r-- 1 jts jts 357200 Mar 27 13:44 trebuc32.exe -rw-r--r-- 1 jts jts 351992 Mar 27 13:44 verdan32.exe -rw-r--r-- 1 jts jts 185072 Mar 27 13:44 webdin32.exe $ md5sum * cbdc2fdd7d2ed0832795e86a8b9ee19a andale32.exe 9637df0e91703179f0723ec095a36cb5 arial32.exe c9089ae0c3b3d0d8c4b0a95979bb9ff0 arialb32.exe 2b30de40bb5e803a0452c7715fc835d1 comic32.exe 4e412c772294403ab62fb2d247d85c60 courie32.exe 4d90016026e2da447593b41a8d8fa8bd georgi32.exe 7907c7dd6684e9bade91cff82683d9d7 impact32.exe ed39c8ef91b9fb80f76f702568291bd5 times32.exe 0d7ea16cac6261f8513a061fbfcdb2b5 trebuc32.exe 12d2a75f8156e10607be1eaa8e8ef120 verdan32.exe 230a1d13a365b22815f502eb24d9149b webdin32.exe The above are Windows executables that each install one of the core fonts. I have used them with Crossover Office. > When I open it in SO, all the apostrophes show up as question marks. Your problem with apostrophes may be related to the following ("smart quotes", etc.): http://www.perl.com/language/misc/ms-ascii.html -- Joel Schneider Jazz - jazz88fm.com joel at joelschneider.net ISEE - www.i-see.org