Re: Lost my default dispaly font

From: Suzanne S. Barnhill (sbarnhill_at_mvps.org)
Date: 02/06/04 

Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 10:40:41 -0600

Although Graham's answer is correct with regard to Word (which doesn't even
use MS Sans Serif in its windows; it uses Tahoma), obviously your problem at
this point is a Windows problem, so it might be better to post in a Windows
NG. 

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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"Terry Pinnell" <terrypin@dial.pipex.com> wrote in message
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> I've screwed up the display fonts on an old PC running under W95, so
> hope someone can help me please.
>
> I got into this mess when trying to solve a less serious problem I'd
> just noticed, namely that the font drop-down list in various
> applications like Word and PaintShop Pro would not let me use MS Sans
> Serif. Yet the files SERIFE.FON and SERIFF.FON were in the
> c:\windows\fonts folder. But when I tried to Add a New Font I got a
> message telling me it's already installed! And suggesting I delete
> first. But that got me nowhere. If I copied the two SERIF files to my
> desktop, then deleted those in the Fonts folder, and tried again, I
> eventually ended up in same loop.
>
> Then, at some stage, I obviously made matters worse somehow. All fonts
> on desktop in folder views, etc, are now an unpleasant small type.
>
> How can I get at least the correct default display fonts back please?
>
> --
> Terry, West Sussex, UK
>

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