Documentation on how Word generates the Font list?

[PabloE]

Hello! Thanks a million in advance for any help.



I was recently hired in IT/Data for a small lettershop & mailing firm.

I've been tasked with understanding the logic by which Windows, MS Office & InDesign group installed fonts (by typeface/family/style etc).

I'm having zero luck googling, so I figured I'd ask here!

There's plenty on font standards, but nothing on how exactly Windows/Office/Adobe interpret their metadata to create a font list for the user.

Any help would be great, need to develop a professional understanding of this and I'm having a hard time even getting off the ground!

Thanks again.

[gmayor]

Word will display any installed font that the currently active printer driver is capable of printing. Whether there is any information available on the interface between driver and Word that relates to this mechanism I cannot say.