If a font is not available, Word substitutes what it believes to be the most similar font that is available, often with unpredictable results. When you open the document on the other system, not all the fonts used in the document may be available on that new system. This is because different software is installed on each system, and each piece of software has its own set of fonts.Ī real problem crops up when you create a Word document on one system, using the fonts available on that system, and then transfer the document to a different system. The problem is that over time, every system will have different fonts available on it. As you install other software, other fonts are added to Windows, and those fonts automatically become available to Word. When you first install Windows, only a limited number of fonts are available on a system.
The fonts used in Word are those that are installed within Windows. Font issues, when it comes to Word, are always interesting.
