WD2000: Bullet Appears as a Square Box in Marlett Font

When you use the Marlett font to create a bulleted list in Microsoft Word or Microsoft Publisher, two box characters or a bullet and a box character appear instead of a single bullet character.

NOTE: The incorrect bullet characters are printed as they appear on screen.

This behavior can occur if one of the built-in bullet and numbering formats has been changed using a character in the Marlett font. The Marlett TrueType font is used for displaying scroll arrows, Maximize and Minimize buttons, option buttons, check boxes, and other controls in Microsoft Windows.

To resolve this problem, use either of the following methods.

Method 1

Use the Symbol font to insert the bullet character. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Select the bulleted list, and then click Bullets and Numbering on the Format menu.
2. On the Bulleted tab, click the bulleted list that you want to change.
3. Click Customize, and then click Font.
4. Click Symbol, and then click OK.

Method 2

To use a bullet from another font, follow these steps:

1. Select the bulleted list, and then click Bullets and Numbering on the Format menu.
2. On the Bulleted tab, click the bulleted list that you want to change.
3. Click Customize, and then click Bullet.
4. Select a font in the Font box. Select the bullet character that you want to use, and then click OK.

For additional information about the Marlett font, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: