Double-byte fonts can be much larger in size than single-byte fonts, and your presentation may not run as smoothly as it would with single-byte fonts. Of course, this is no longer a big issue in today’s better-equipped computer systems. The larger problem comes up when you try to use a single-byte font instead of a double-byte font. Yes, you ...

> same as double-byte, at least not from PPT's POV. > > Interesting though ... in 2007, when you do Replace Fonts, it only shows > you > acceptable replacement fonts in the lower dropdown box when you choose a > unicode font in the upper one. Nice touch. FWIW, PPT gives me the "you're trying to replace a double-byte font" message

We do have some extensive content on what Unicode encoded fonts are, and how the remaining ASCII encoded fonts are of two types: single-byte and double-byte. However, our readers want more info, as can be understood from these questions we received: If you just could tell me which fonts in Microsoft Windows are

same as double-byte, at least not from PPT's POV. Interesting though ... in 2007, when you do Replace Fonts, it only shows you acceptable replacement fonts in the lower dropdown box when you choose a unicode font in the upper one. Nice touch.

These "fullwidth characters" were typically encoded in a DBCS (double byte character set). On this page, you can convert halfwidth characters to fullwidth characters, or vice versa. To convert halfwidth characters to fullwidth characters, please enter the text below and choose "Convert to Full Width Characters".

double-byte font. a font that uses two bytes (16 bits) to represent each character, thereby allowing more than the 256 characters that could fit into a single-byte font. Contrast ASCII , ANSI , and EBCDIC , which are single-byte character sets. single-byte font

BUT the list remains as above - ie. it apparently hasn't replaced all the instances of the Arial. So I do it again. Same outcome. I try all the the fonts: same outcome, except for when I try to replace TradeGothic BoldCondTwenty and it says : You selected a single-byte font to replace a double-byte font. Please select a double-byte font."

This presentation might contain Far East (or Asian) text and formats that PowerPoint can't display Asian/Double-Byte fonts can't be replaced. You open a PowerPoint file that uses an Asian language font on a non-Asian system and PowerPoint warns you that the file may contain Far East text or formats that PowerPoint can't display.

A double-byte character set (DBCS) is a character encoding in which either all characters (including control characters) are encoded in two bytes, or merely every graphic character not representable by an accompanying single-byte character set is encoded in two bytes (Han characters would generally comprise most of these two-byte characters). A DBCS supports national languages that contain a ...