font display in Microsoft Word

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I am using the “Font Creator 5.5” try before you buy trial version and am very impressed by it; so much so that if it continues to preform this highly during the balance of my test drive, I intend to purchase it.

I cannot find the answer to this question.
What I am looking for concerns the font name display in “Microsft Word”. I have “List font names in their font” turned on. I have noticed, that in some cases (mostly wingdings), that the name of the font is preceeded by a sans serife computer font listing of the the name of the font.

I would like to add this feature to the rest of my wing ding fonts, but cannot find where to turn this option on.

Also, can you please tell me how to change the font size in the font name display in “Microsft Word”? I’m pretty sure that the size command is contained within the font information itself.

Thank you very much for your consideration.
Best regards, jediadept

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As far as I know, Symbol font names will be displayed using a system font in Word’s font list, while non symbol fonts will be displayed in the font’s typeface. See the FontCreator manual on changing Unicode fonts to Symbol fonts.

The size of the font is determined by Word or perhaps by Windows Appearance settings. It is not embedded in the font itself. However, some fonts look bigger than others at the same point size. This is true on the page as well as in Font drop-down lists. To maximise the size of a font at a given point size, recalculate the font metrics — Format, Settings, Metrics, Maximum, Calculate. If glyphs overlap the Win Ascent or Win Descent they will be clipped in most applications. If they fall some way short, they will appear smaller than other fonts at the same point size. See this forum’s FAQ for some explanation of font metrics.

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Thank you very much! :smiley: