Font Arial Normal — Opentype Truetype Version 7.00- -western-

This is the most critical technical detail. Font versioning tracks revisions to glyph shapes, hinting instructions (how the font looks at small sizes on screen), and character set coverage.

Version 7.00 of Arial (specifically the -western- subset) was released by Microsoft primarily with Windows 10 and Windows 11. It is also distributed via Microsoft Office updates. Prior versions (3.xx, 5.xx) had subtle differences in kerning pairs, vertical metrics, and Unicode mapping. Font Arial Normal Opentype Truetype Version 7.00- -western-

Character Set Scope: Western

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