Re: Not able to use font

From: Thomas Ferguson (tomf_at_mvps.org)
Date: 07/29/04

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    Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 00:14:07 -0300

    Two things to try:

    Start Windows in "Safe" mode. Wait until everything has loaded. Quit and
    restart in regular mode.

    That causes some caches and system files to be rebuilt.

    If no joy, try No 6 in this article, if you have not already:
    http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CommonFontProbs.htm

    Tom MSMVP-DTS

    "Case" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    news:606801c474ef$33d5c570$a301280a@phx.gbl...
    > Alright, got TweakUI to install, ran Font Folder Repair,
    > and still nothing's changed.
    >
    > The problem I'm having is that I recently tried to add
    > some fonts to my system. I saved the .ttf files in
    > C:/Windows/Fonts just as I did the last time I added
    > fonts. I checked to make sure they had saved there
    > correctly (and they had). But they don't show up on the
    > font lists of any of my programs... including Word,
    > Frontpage, and PSP. The systems box is checked on the
    > folder properties, and I tried the Tweak thing... I also
    > tried to use the Help book, but it's telling me to do
    > things I don't have (ie highlight file, go to File Menu,
    > click on Add Font. I don't have an Add Font option
    > anywhere.) Very frustrating, as this is the second
    > instance in as many days of problems I'm having that don't
    > respond to any of the fixes suggested...
    >
    >
    >>-----Original Message-----
    >>Try installing TweakUI in a folder with 8 characters or
    > less in the
    >>name. Right-click on TweakUI.inf and select Install.
    >>(Install doesn't like long folder names)
    >>
    >>An alternative is to browse to the folder you unzipped it
    > to when it
    >>suggests a disk.
    >>
    >>If TweakUI doesn't fix it, then try here or repost with
    > your own
    >>details. Sometimes "the same problem" can be a little
    > different.
    >>
    >>....Alan
    >>
    >>--
    >>Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
    >>http://dts-l.org/index.html
    >>
    >>In microsoft.public.word.printingfonts, "Case"
    >><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
    >>
    >>>I am having the same problem the original posting
    >>>individual was/is having... I went to check what you
    >>>suggested, but the systems box IS checked on my Fonts
    >>>folder properties. I tried the DOS prompt anyway, and
    >>>nothing has changed. I also downloaded Tweak UI, but
    > when
    >>>I unzipped it it said I needed a disk to install it, and
    > I
    >>>obviously don't have a disk... Any other suggestions
    > would
    >>>be greatly appreciated.
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>>-----Original Message-----
    >>>>Try this:
    >>>>
    >>>>Fonts folder has lost its system properties.
    >>>> This will be obvious if viewing the fonts folder. You
    >>>will not have
    >>>> the names and the "Install new font" option under file.
    >>>> If so:
    >>>> Check the protection in Properties on folder
    >>>c:\windows\fonts
    >>>> If it is not shown with a check in System, then you
    >>>cannot install
    >>>>new fonts. It should also be protected, so you may not
    > be
    >>>able to
    >>>>alter from Explorer.
    >>>> In DOS mode, (or from Start-Run) use the command
    >>>> attrib +s c:\windows\fonts
    >>>> Reboot and all should be OK
    >>>>
    >>>> or...
    >>>> Use TweakUI
    >>>>Tweak UI 1.33 for Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows
    >>>Millennium
    >>>>Edition, Windows 98 or Windows 95.
    >>>>Details at: (may wrap)
    >>>>http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/downloads/PowerTo
    > ys
    >>>/Networking/NTTweakUI.asp
    >>>>Download at:
    >>>>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsme/guide/tweakui.exe
    >>>>
    >>>>The system attribute is normally the problem and the
    > DOS
    >>>fix is the
    >>>>solution in the majority of the last few hundred
    >>>responses I have made
    >>>>to similar problems. The Fonts folder will not function
    >>>as a special
    >>>>folder without the system attribute. The other common
    >>>problem is that
    >>>>the hidden desktop.ini is missing or corrupt and
    > TweakUI
    >>>will fix
    >>>>that.
    >>>>There is a third problem mentioned here but, in my
    >>>experience, this
    >>>>one is uncommon.
    >>>>(Fontext.dll file may be missing or damaged)
    >>>>
    >>>>Missing Menu Commands in the Fonts Folder
    >>>>http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q133/7/
    > 25
    >>>.asp
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>>....Alan
    >>>>--
    >>>>Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
    >>>>
    >>>>In microsoft.public.word.printingfonts, "Tom"
    >>>><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
    >>>>
    >>>>>we are running Win2k with office 2003. We tried to add
    > a
    >>>>>new font through control panel fonts, but the option
    > to
    >>>>>install new font does not appear. We put the font
    > under
    >>>>>c:\winnt\fonts and it still cannot be used.
    >>>>>Help
    >>>>
    >>>>.
    >>>>
    >>
    >>.
    >>

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