One example cited by designer Viljami Salminen in his article is the word 'illiterate'. Arial has diagonal terminal strokes giving it a less mechanical appearance than Helvetica which has straight cuts.LegibilityArial and Helvetica are not the most legible typefaces because - like many sans serif typefaces - they have indistinguishable capital i and lower case L. The overall treatment of curves is softer and fuller in Arial when compared to Helvetica. The tail of 'R' in Helvetica flows out from center, curves straight down and ends in a slight curve to the right.Arial contains more humanist characteristics than Helvetica which is originally Grotesk. Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, and Sorbian.The 'G' in Helvetica has a spur at bottom of stem and the curve at bottom flows into the stem.In Arial 'R' the tail flows down and to right from center and straightens out at an angle to the end. Package covers Albanian, Bosniak (Bosnian), Croatian, Czech, English, Estonian,įrench, German, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Offers Ogonki 3.0, a set of Polish True Type fonts for Windows 3.1 and Win 95. Offers numerous cp 1250 fonts for Windows. These links are provided purely for informational purposes. Helf's package which also contains keyboards for Latvian and Estonian. Both TrueType and PostScript.įree download from ParaType.
Contains an ISO Latin 4 font.ĭownload from ParaType. Supports Polish, Czech, Romanian, Slovakian, Hungarian, Slovenian, Croatian, Serbian, Sorbian. Times New Roman CE, Cyr, Greek, Baltic, Tur, Arabic, HebrewĬE.Haettenschweiler CE, Cyr, Greek, Baltic, Tur Courier NewCE, Cyr, Greek, Baltic, Tur, Arabic, Hebrew.Comic Sans MS - CE,Cyr,Baltic,Greek,Tur.ArialCE, Cyr, Greek, Baltic, Tur, Arabic, Hebrewīerling Antigua.Smart package of Microsoft's core fonts.Unicode 5.1 font with almost 3500 characters. Links to sites offering commercial fonts.
In most cases, you will need a utility such as Unzip to decompress these files once you have downloaded them. Provides links to freeware/sharewareĮast European Latin fonts for Windows.
Setting up fonts and keyboard drivers for Windows The keyboard layout provided is based upon the typewriter layout used in each language.
You will have to restart the computer for the changes to take effect. Go to Language and choose the one you need. Panel, double-click on the Keyboard icon.
(Note: this will also install support for Greek, Cyrillic, etc.) Click "ok" and exit.Īlso, don't forget to install a keyboard. Open Control Panel, double-click Add/Remove Programs, click the Windows Setup tab, and select the Multilanguage Support check box.
Check "Central Europe" and choose "ok."įor older versions of Windows, the process is slightly different. Towards the bottom are the language settings. For the newest versions of Windows, do the following: Go to "Control Panel" and double-click on "Regional Options". Microsoft includes CE support in the system software. If you use any version of Windows 95 and up, you do NOT need to obtain fonts or keyboard drivers for most CE Languages. Windows Central and East European Fonts and Keyboard Drivers Special Note for Windows users: