Marlett is a
TrueType
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font that has been used in
Microsoft Windows
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since
Windows 95
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. The operating system uses this font to create
user interface
In the industrial design field of human–computer interaction, a user interface (UI) is the space where interactions between humans and machines occur. The goal of this interaction is to allow effective operation and control of the machine fr ...
icons that are used in the menus and windows.
[Description of and Troubleshooting the Marlett TrueType Font](_blank)
(Microsoft Knowledge Base) Examples are the close, maximize and minimize buttons that are made from the individual
glyphs
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in the font. This was important to allow the users to scale the user interface and have the icons scale with the elements.
[Notes on why the Marlett TrueType Font exists](_blank)
(The Old New Thing - MSDN Blogs)''
Character layout
Due to the specialised nature of the Marlett glyphs, many of the mappings shown are approximate.
See also
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MouseText
MouseText is a set of 32 graphical characters designed by Bruce Tognazzini and first implemented in the Apple IIc. They were then retrofitted to the Apple IIe forming part of the Enhanced IIe upgrade. A slightly revised version was then released w ...
(a set of bitmapped characters used in later
Apple II
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models for a similar function)
Footnotes
References
External links
A bit about Marletton
MSDN Blogs
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Marlett Charactersdocumented by
React OS
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Symbol typefaces
Windows XP typefaces
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