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What is the difference between a single-byte font and double-byte font. &nbsp;<br />
User is receiving the following error message within powerpoint 2003:<br />
You selected a single -byte font to replace a double- byte font. Please select a double-byte font.<br />
They were just changing fonts from one to another in the powerpoint presentation. <br />
Thanks for help on better understanding &nbsp;these two font types
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What is the difference between a single-byte font and double-byte font.  
User is receiving the following error message within powerpoint 2003:
You selected a single -byte font to replace a double- byte font. Please select a double-byte font.
They were just changing fonts from one to another in the powerpoint presentation. 
Thanks for help on better understanding  these two font types

single-byte font and double-byte font

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A font is a particular size, weight and style of a typeface. Each font is a matched set of type, one piece (called a "sort") for each glyph, and a typeface consists of a range of fonts that share an overall design. With the advent of digital typography, font is frequently synonymous with typeface, although the two terms do not necessarily mean the same thing. In particular, the use of "vector" or "outline" fonts means that different sizes of a typeface can be dynamically generated from one design. Each style may still be in a separate "font file" -- for instance, the typeface "Futura" may include the fonts "Futura roman", "Futura italic", "Futura bold" and "Futura extended" —- but the term "font" might be applied either to one of these alone or to the whole typeface.