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How can I use the standard font "System" shipped with all operating systems since the dawn of time?

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I am using MS Word 2007 and would like to use the "System" font to highlight code in an assignment. I have been hindered by the fact the drop down list does not contain this font and I have verified that the font is installed and usable (opened notepad and selected the font no problem).

After trawling the net, I finally decided to sign up to this forum to get the answer.

The font is called "vgasys.fon" when looking at the fonts file details so that anyone trying to help knows what I am talking about.

Thanks for any help, I am quite adept at modifying things such as registry entries, moving and copying files to odd places and so on so if someone has a method, I will see what I can do to implement it. If you can provide full instructions, that would also be useful.

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This is a screen font only, not available for printing. See http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=163059; it's an old article but still applicable. See especially the paragraph about using screen fonts (you can use them, but a substitution will be made if you print).
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