Re: new verson of Tahoma font

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Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 13:47:03 -0400

It must be that you have the new version as a ttf file rather than as a
Microsoft-sourced, self-extracting archive. Tahoma will install from that
archive file without creating the problem you are experiencing. Feint
comfort, I know. Tahoma is supplied with Office and some other MS products.

To install the new ttf file, the old one has to be removed or the file
renamed. This is best done from DOS, not just a DOS window. For that, you
need either a startup disk from a Win98 system or similar. There might be
something suitable here.
http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm

After you have started DOS using the boot disk, navigate to the fonts folder
and rename tahoma.ttf to tahoma.tt! and tahomabd.ttf to tahomabd.tt!
or whatever. Make sure you change the extension otherwise the font will
still load and still be called Tahoma in the font menus. These names are
internal to the file and not changed by changing the file name. Or just
delete the ttf file.

Now, restart Windows and install the new version.

Let us know.

-- 
Tom
MSMVP PS-D
"SM" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:248b01c3fc61$0c51f1b0$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> Thank you for your response.
>
> The new version caters for extra requirements in some
> languages that use this font - it is about 50% bigger in
> size.
>
> Unfortunately, rename would not be helpful because the
> documents created elsewhere using this new version will
> not recognize the renamed file  - they look for Tahoma.
> And I am at the moment unable to read thse documents
> properly.
>
> If I didn't really need it, I wouldn't acquire it in the
> first instance, and be spending time and effort trying to
> find out how to get it installed.
>
> SM
>
>
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >What's wrong with the old one?
> >
> >If you don't really need to replace the old one, you
> could try renaming the
> >new one before you copy it into the fonts folder.
> >
> >I know that if you go to the DOS prompt from Windows and
> try renaming
> >Tahoma.ttf, it will create a new font with the new name,
> leaving the old one
> >still there.
> >
> >-- 
> >Please post any further questions or followup to the
> newsgroups for the
> >benefit of others who may be interested.  Unsolicited
> questions forwarded
> >directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting
> basis.
> >Hope this helps
> >Doug Robbins - Word MVP
> >"SM" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
> >news:1e0f01c3fc38$79d20140$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> >> Thanks for your response.
> >> I did post the same query in Windows XP and ME (the
> >> versions of Windows that I use), but got no response.
> >>
> >> SM
> >>
> >>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>This is a Windows issue. The font is in use by Windows.
> >> How to approach this
> >>>will depend on the Windows version and it is the
> >> newsgroup for that
> >>>operating system where you should be asking.
> >>>
> >>>-- 
> >>><>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< ><<>
> >>>     Graham Mayor -  Word MVP
> >>>
> >>>      Web site www.gmayor.com
> >>>  Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word
> >>><>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< ><<>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>SM wrote:
> >>>> I have acquired a new version of Tahoma font. When
> >> trying
> >>>> to copy (instal) to Windows/Fonts folder, I get a
> >> message
> >>>> saying "delete old version first". When trying to
> delete
> >>>> the existing version, I get a message saying "Access
> >>>> denied". Sounds like catch22!!
> >>>> Any advice/suggestion/solution is appreciated.
> >>>> SM
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>.
> >>>
> >
> >
> >.
> >

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