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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Drawing;
+using System.Drawing.Text;
+using System.Windows.Forms;
+
+namespace Volian.Base.Library
+{
+    public static class vlnFont
+    {
+        private static readonly log4net.ILog _MyLog = log4net.LogManager.GetLogger(System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);
+        private static InstalledFontCollection _MyFontCollection = new InstalledFontCollection();
+        private static string _ProportionalSymbolFont = null;
+        // C2017-036 Look for suitable proportional font that will support the symbol characters used in PROMS
+        //           Microsoft removed Arial Unicode MS starting with Word16 (office 365 containing that version of Word)
+        public static string ProportionalSymbolFont
+        {
+            get {
+                if (_ProportionalSymbolFont == null)
+                {
+                    if (FindFontFamily("Arial Unicode MS"))
+                        _ProportionalSymbolFont = "Arial Unicode MS"; // microsoft no longer supplies this font as of Word16
+                    else if (FindFontFamily("FreeSerif"))
+                        _ProportionalSymbolFont = "FreeSerif"; // volian supplied font but regular chars look like Times Roman
+                    else if (FindFontFamily("FreeMono"))
+                         _ProportionalSymbolFont = "FreeMono"; // volian suppllied font but regular chars are fixed spaced and look like Courier
+                    else
+                    {
+                        MessageBox.Show("A suitable font for symbol characters could not be found.\n\n"
+                            +"Please install Arial Unicode MS and/or the Volian supplied fonts", "Symbol Font");
+                        _MyLog.Error("Could Not File a Proportional Symbol Font to use.");
+                        _ProportionalSymbolFont = "Arial"; // if volian fonts not installed, default to plain Arial (which does not have all of the symbols that we use)
+                    }
+               }
+                return _ProportionalSymbolFont; 
+            }
+        }
+
+
+        // C2017-036 Look for suitable proportional font that will support the symbol characters used in PROMS
+        //           Microsoft removed Arial Unicode MS starting with Word16 (office 365 containing that version of Word)
+        //           This font (below) is used only for the Reports - trying to find a font similar to Arial Unicode MS
+        private static string _ReportsFont = null;
+
+        public static string ReportsFont
+        {
+            get {
+                if (_ReportsFont == null)
+                {
+                    if (FindFontFamily("Arial Unicode MS")) // microsoft no longer supplies this font as of Word16
+                        _ReportsFont = "Arial Unicode MS";
+                    else if (FindFontFamily("Meiryo")) // is a Japanise font (standard windows font) but cannot be used along with the Arial font - will shift text up half a character when mixing the two fonts.
+                        _ReportsFont = "Meiryo";
+                    else if (FindFontFamily("FreeSerif")) // volian supplied font but regular chars look like Times Roman
+                        _ReportsFont = "FreeSerif";
+                    else if (FindFontFamily("FreeMono")) // volian suppllied font but regular chars are fixed spaced and look like Courier
+                         _ReportsFont = "FreeMono";
+                    else
+                    {
+                        MessageBox.Show("A suitable font to use to generate Reports could not be found.\n\n"
+                            +"Please install Arial Unicode MS and/or the Volian supplied fonts", "Report Font");
+                        _MyLog.Error("Could Not File a font to use for Report generation.");
+                        _ReportsFont = "Arial";
+                    }
+               }
+                return _ReportsFont; 
+            }
+        }
+
+        // see if the given font exists on the computer running PROMS
+        private static bool FindFontFamily(string name)
+        {
+            foreach (FontFamily ff in _MyFontCollection.Families)
+                if (ff.Name == name) return true;
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+}