What is the difference between how Mac and Windows environments organize fonts?
On a Windows PC all fonts which are parts of font families are treated as such. And because this family link eliminates the need to see all members of a font family in the font menu, a PC font menu shows only the plain font of the family. A Mac can organize fonts by family, but unlike on a Windows PC, they can also be organized by their individual names. You can use the style buttons to access the different fonts in the family, but when you choose a particular font from the folder, you can see exactly which one it is. Confusion We receive a number of e-mails and telephone calls from font users who think that their bold or italic looks funny when they press the corresponding style button in their program. This is often due to the fact that only one font weight is on the computer. Some applications can electronically alter a plain font so that it looks like an italic or bold version, however, this is not the same as the italic or bold font itself. The appearance of such electronically al
