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Loss of system fonts
I recently used drag-n-drop to add about twenty new fonts to my Win98 fonts
folder; I then installed the fonts from the dialog. Now, however, though I didn't overwrite any previously-existing fonts that I'm aware of, the left pane of the "help" dialog has, instead of letters, only squares for each alphabetic character (numbers don't seem to have been affected); similarly, when I print font descriptions from the Fonts folder, the fonts themselves turn out fine, but the descriptions at the very beginning print out with those same squares (though it displays on the monitor correctly). I'm using 98SE on an older computer, and because it's older I don't dare upgrade to XP. The affected font must be a system font of some type. Interestingly, though, when I print from within MS Word, everything works there. Any hints? Additional notes: I don't connect this computer to the internet at all, and the XP machine where I got the fonts is running anti-virus software constantly. I did a scan of the "source" computer, and nothing shows up as being out-of-whack. I had used the 98SE computer earlier in the morning with no problem, but only after the installation of fonts did it change. The total number of fonts on that machine is about 250 |
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On Wed, 4 Jan 2006 16:39:38 -0800, "Fred" wrote:
I recently used drag-n-drop to add about twenty new fonts to my Win98 fonts folder; I then installed the fonts from the dialog. Now, however, though I didn't overwrite any previously-existing fonts that I'm aware of, the left pane of the "help" dialog has, instead of letters, only squares for each alphabetic character (numbers don't seem to have been affected); similarly, when I print font descriptions from the Fonts folder, the fonts themselves turn out fine, but the descriptions at the very beginning print out with those same squares (though it displays on the monitor correctly). I'm using 98SE on an older computer, and because it's older I don't dare upgrade to XP. The affected font must be a system font of some type. Interestingly, though, when I print from within MS Word, everything works there. Any hints? Additional notes: I don't connect this computer to the internet at all, and the XP machine where I got the fonts is running anti-virus software constantly. I did a scan of the "source" computer, and nothing shows up as being out-of-whack. I had used the 98SE computer earlier in the morning with no problem, but only after the installation of fonts did it change. The total number of fonts on that machine is about 250 Try right clicking the Fonts folder, get properties and make sure it has the System attribute. If the attribute is already checked but ghosted it's ok. Regards, Bill Watt Computer Help and Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/ |
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"Bill Watt" wrote in message
... On Wed, 4 Jan 2006 16:39:38 -0800, "Fred" wrote: I recently used drag-n-drop to add about twenty new fonts to my Win98 fonts folder; I then installed the fonts from the dialog. Now, however, though I didn't overwrite any previously-existing fonts that I'm aware of, the left pane of the "help" dialog has, instead of letters, only squares for each alphabetic character (numbers don't seem to have been affected); . . . Try right clicking the Fonts folder, get properties and make sure it has the System attribute. If the attribute is already checked but ghosted it's ok. This type of display error often indicates something wrong with the MARLETT font. / start / run / SFC.EXE (System File Checker) set to restore from the source just one file c:\windows\fonts\MARLETT.TTF -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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On Thu, 5 Jan 2006 09:20:17 -0500, "Don Phillipson"
wrote: "Bill Watt" wrote in message .. . On Wed, 4 Jan 2006 16:39:38 -0800, "Fred" wrote: I recently used drag-n-drop to add about twenty new fonts to my Win98 fonts folder; I then installed the fonts from the dialog. Now, however, though I didn't overwrite any previously-existing fonts that I'm aware of, the left pane of the "help" dialog has, instead of letters, only squares for each alphabetic character (numbers don't seem to have been affected); . . . Try right clicking the Fonts folder, get properties and make sure it has the System attribute. If the attribute is already checked but ghosted it's ok. This type of display error often indicates something wrong with the MARLETT font. / start / run / SFC.EXE (System File Checker) set to restore from the source just one file c:\windows\fonts\MARLETT.TTF The Marlett.ttf font is used for the min, max and close symbols in the upper right corner of windows. It the font was missing or corrupt those symbols would be messed up. Maybe they are and Fred hasn't noticed it yet. Wouldn't hurt anything to replace the font though. Regards, Bill Watt Computer Help and Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/ |
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Thanks for the hints so far. I'll give them a try, and see if things
change! "Bill Watt" wrote in message ... On Thu, 5 Jan 2006 09:20:17 -0500, "Don Phillipson" wrote: "Bill Watt" wrote in message . .. On Wed, 4 Jan 2006 16:39:38 -0800, "Fred" wrote: I recently used drag-n-drop to add about twenty new fonts to my Win98 fonts folder; I then installed the fonts from the dialog. Now, however, though I didn't overwrite any previously-existing fonts that I'm aware of, the left pane of the "help" dialog has, instead of letters, only squares for each alphabetic character (numbers don't seem to have been affected); . . . Try right clicking the Fonts folder, get properties and make sure it has the System attribute. If the attribute is already checked but ghosted it's ok. This type of display error often indicates something wrong with the MARLETT font. / start / run / SFC.EXE (System File Checker) set to restore from the source just one file c:\windows\fonts\MARLETT.TTF The Marlett.ttf font is used for the min, max and close symbols in the upper right corner of windows. It the font was missing or corrupt those symbols would be messed up. Maybe they are and Fred hasn't noticed it yet. Wouldn't hurt anything to replace the font though. Regards, Bill Watt Computer Help and Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/ |
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Just a follow-up for others who might be reading this:
I finally got the fonts back where they belong. First, I exported then deleted the Font registry key from Local Machine/Software/Microsoft/Windows Next, I inserted the 98SE update disk, and from the command prompt did an extract of the *.ttf and *.fon files, as well as the original System.ini file, into a temporary folder. Then I used attrib -s fonts to remove the original fonts as system files; renamed the fonts to "oldfonts", and renamed the temporary file as fonts, then re-set the +s attrib. Also had to unhide ttfcache and delete it. Rebooted, opened the fonts folder, and closed it. It all looked like it was going to work great, and did until a restart, when everything in the fonts folder disappeared from windows, though it was still available from the DOS command prompts. Repeated the whole process a couple of times, then decided to try an experiment: I installed one font ttf file from another source; immediately, all the fonts became visible; on restart, everything worked great! Thanks to everyone in this UG for their comments and assistance. --Fred "Bill Watt" wrote in message ... On Wed, 4 Jan 2006 16:39:38 -0800, "Fred" wrote: I recently used drag-n-drop to add about twenty new fonts to my Win98 fonts folder; I then installed the fonts from the dialog. Now, however, though I didn't overwrite any previously-existing fonts that I'm aware of, the left pane of the "help" dialog has, instead of letters, only squares for each alphabetic character (numbers don't seem to have been affected); similarly, when I print font descriptions from the Fonts folder, the fonts themselves turn out fine, but the descriptions at the very beginning print out with those same squares (though it displays on the monitor correctly). I'm using 98SE on an older computer, and because it's older I don't dare upgrade to XP. The affected font must be a system font of some type. Interestingly, though, when I print from within MS Word, everything works there. Any hints? Additional notes: I don't connect this computer to the internet at all, and the XP machine where I got the fonts is running anti-virus software constantly. I did a scan of the "source" computer, and nothing shows up as being out-of-whack. I had used the 98SE computer earlier in the morning with no problem, but only after the installation of fonts did it change. The total number of fonts on that machine is about 250 Try right clicking the Fonts folder, get properties and make sure it has the System attribute. If the attribute is already checked but ghosted it's ok. Regards, Bill Watt Computer Help and Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/ |
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Thanks for reporting how you solved it. Regards, Bill Watt Computer Help and Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/ __________________________________________________ ___ On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 19:08:48 -0800, "Fred" wrote: Just a follow-up for others who might be reading this: I finally got the fonts back where they belong. First, I exported then deleted the Font registry key from Local Machine/Software/Microsoft/Windows Next, I inserted the 98SE update disk, and from the command prompt did an extract of the *.ttf and *.fon files, as well as the original System.ini file, into a temporary folder. Then I used attrib -s fonts to remove the original fonts as system files; renamed the fonts to "oldfonts", and renamed the temporary file as fonts, then re-set the +s attrib. Also had to unhide ttfcache and delete it. Rebooted, opened the fonts folder, and closed it. It all looked like it was going to work great, and did until a restart, when everything in the fonts folder disappeared from windows, though it was still available from the DOS command prompts. Repeated the whole process a couple of times, then decided to try an experiment: I installed one font ttf file from another source; immediately, all the fonts became visible; on restart, everything worked great! Thanks to everyone in this UG for their comments and assistance. --Fred "Bill Watt" wrote in message .. . On Wed, 4 Jan 2006 16:39:38 -0800, "Fred" wrote: I recently used drag-n-drop to add about twenty new fonts to my Win98 fonts folder; I then installed the fonts from the dialog. Now, however, though I didn't overwrite any previously-existing fonts that I'm aware of, the left pane of the "help" dialog has, instead of letters, only squares for each alphabetic character (numbers don't seem to have been affected); similarly, when I print font descriptions from the Fonts folder, the fonts themselves turn out fine, but the descriptions at the very beginning print out with those same squares (though it displays on the monitor correctly). I'm using 98SE on an older computer, and because it's older I don't dare upgrade to XP. The affected font must be a system font of some type. Interestingly, though, when I print from within MS Word, everything works there. Any hints? Additional notes: I don't connect this computer to the internet at all, and the XP machine where I got the fonts is running anti-virus software constantly. I did a scan of the "source" computer, and nothing shows up as being out-of-whack. I had used the 98SE computer earlier in the morning with no problem, but only after the installation of fonts did it change. The total number of fonts on that machine is about 250 Try right clicking the Fonts folder, get properties and make sure it has the System attribute. If the attribute is already checked but ghosted it's ok. Regards, Bill Watt Computer Help and Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/ |
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