# Word 2000 and Terminal font

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-2000-and-terminal-font/165275>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 30, 2003, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-2000-and-terminal-font/165275 "2003-03-30T20:51:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-2000-and-terminal-font/165275/1 "2003-03-30T20:51:26Z")

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In Notepad, I can select the Terminal font. But in Word or WordPad. I have the Terminal font files: 8514OEM.FON, DOSAPP.FON, and VGAOEM.FON.  
Although, I can only view the files if I use the file search program. If I go directly to c:\Windows\Fonts they won’t be listed in the directory. Plus, like I said, I can’t get Word to let me select Terminal.  
Any ideas? Thanks.

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**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-2000-and-terminal-font/165275/2 "2003-03-30T21:01:03Z")

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According to [this article](http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;211916), screen fonts aren’t available in Word 2000.

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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-2000-and-terminal-font/165275/3 "2003-03-31T03:25:52Z")

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That’s not what I wanted to hear, Damn it! ☹ Just kidding, Oh well, thanks for letting me know. Sheeze, being as big and bloated as it is, you’d think that Word 2000 would allow screen fonts. :rolleyes: Oh well.