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I Need An Old Priest And A Young Priest | posted on 04-11-2002 @ 8:47 PM | |
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 | Hey guys this is fucked up. I thought you were just suppost to click on Control Panel > Fonts > File > Install New Font for Windows 98. I do not have to option of Install New Font.
Does anybody have any ideas? Am I missing something?

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CarsonOGin Froy seems ok, Faceman is fair. But Slash is a cunt, FTL is a total soccer mom, JoeyBigArms thinks he's a fucking message board god. | posted on 04-11-2002 @ 9:11 PM | |
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Does anybody have any ideas? Am I missing something?
Try browseing out to the C:\Windows\Fonts folder and double clicking the font name. Typically *.ttf, true type font. If it's not fucked it will open and that usually does the trick. You may need a reboot.
If not, I know how to manually edit the registry to do it immediately, but with your typing track record I think we should try this first. :)
Just busting your balls... :-D

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| posted on 04-11-2002 @ 9:26 PM | |
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but with your typing track record I think we should try this first.
I don't know if it is irony, deja vu, or both that I am experiencing right now. Trippy.....
Ok, I see that barch is not on call tonight, so go here for all your computer questions.

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 | With Win '98 and above, all you have to do is drag & drop any new fonts into C:\WINDOWS\Fonts. They will install themselves.
PS: [Sarcasm]Make sure to unzip them first...[/Sarcasm]

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| posted on 04-11-2002 @ 10:11 PM | |
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 | Windows 98 -
To install a new font:
1. Click on the Start button.
2. Highlight Settings.
3. Click on Control Panel.
4. Click on Fonts. The Fonts window opens.
5. Click on File, which is located on the menu bar.
6. Click on Install New Font.
7. Specify the drive and folder where the font you want to install is currently located.
8. Select the font you want to install from the fonts listed in the List of Fonts box.
9. Select Copy Fonts to Fonts Folder (this will put a copy of the font you are installing in the Fonts folder).
10. Click on OK.
11. Give me a Rim Job.

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| posted on 04-11-2002 @ 10:16 PM | |
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11. Give me a Rim Job.
Be honest, Slashy... #'s 1 thru 10 really aren't all that important, are they? :-D

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I Need An Old Priest And A Young Priest | posted on 04-11-2002 @ 11:03 PM | |
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 | Firstly, thank you all for your help, but sadly all of the above advice did not work. I tried everything.
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Just busting your balls...
We have a great love / hate relationship going. It brings it warmth to my heart and chills through my body. :-D

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| posted on 04-11-2002 @ 11:11 PM | |
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Firstly, thank you all for your help, but sadly all of the above advice did not work. I tried everything.
Really? What about #11? I still feel a cling-on or 2.
Re-format and install the SuSE distro.

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Has this been resolved yet?
My first question would have been:
"What kind of font file is it that you're trying to install? *.fon *.pfb *.pfm *.shx *.ttf etc. ?"

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I Need An Old Priest And A Young Priest | posted on 04-12-2002 @ 9:22 AM | |
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Has this been resolved yet?
Nope. I have tried everything that was suggested above except regedit. And it is a .TTF.

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CarsonOGin Froy seems ok, Faceman is fair. But Slash is a cunt, FTL is a total soccer mom, JoeyBigArms thinks he's a fucking message board god. | posted on 04-12-2002 @ 10:14 AM | |
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 | 1. Click Start - Run
2. type regedit
3. browse out to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Fonts
4. Click Edit - New - String Value
5. Name the font whatever you want then right click the new font name, and hit modify, now enter the exact file name of the font, use the other strings as reffernce.
6. Reboot.
7. Give Slash a rimjob.
8. Use fun new font.

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I Need An Old Priest And A Young Priest | posted on 04-12-2002 @ 10:45 AM | |
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 | Thanks Carson will try the regedit tonight.
Did I just thank Carson? What the fuck is going on here? :-D

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 | Hmm...
And, what exactly is the problem? Is the font in C:\windows\fonts ? Or, can you not get the font to even show up in there?
In this case, I'd be curious where this font came from. Maybe the file is corupt or not a valid font file. Maybe try downloading again and if possible from another source.
Or, does it just not show up in a particular program's list of fonts?
This opens a whole new can of worms.

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| posted on 04-12-2002 @ 10:55 AM | |
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And, what exactly is the problem?
quote:
Hey guys this is fucked up. I thought you were just suppost to click on Control Panel > Fonts > File > Install New Font for Windows 98. I do not have to option of Install New Font.
I think Joey has Windows 98 light.

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I kind of enjoy my anonymity on the board WOW Forum Ambassador | posted on 04-12-2002 @ 11:02 AM | |
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 | In case it isn't obvious already, I have never seen or heard of this happening before.
If you open the c:\windows\fonts folder and click on the file pull down menu, is there an "install font" option?
On a totally unrelated subject. When was the last time you ran Windows Update?

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I Need An Old Priest And A Young Priest | posted on 04-12-2002 @ 11:06 AM | |
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 | Barch, here is the situation. I downloaded some zip fonts from www.pcfonts.com & www.fontfreak.com. Unzipped each of them to C:\windows\fonts. They show up in the directory. When going to start > settings > control panel > fonts > file I do not get the option of “Install New Fonts†thus Microsoft word, excel, Paint Shop Pro etc do not pick up the font.
I have tried all the above suggestions (except regedit) and nothing works. I am not sure if the font is corrupted since when double clicking on the font a pop-up box comes up showing how the font should look.

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CarsonOGin Froy seems ok, Faceman is fair. But Slash is a cunt, FTL is a total soccer mom, JoeyBigArms thinks he's a fucking message board god. | posted on 04-12-2002 @ 11:09 AM | |
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 | A windows update will probably help this as barch said. But it's rather easy to manually regedit it in.
Especially if you have a slow connection to the net, we all know how super fast the Microsoft updates run...

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I kind of enjoy my anonymity on the board WOW Forum Ambassador | posted on 04-12-2002 @ 11:27 AM | |
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 | Well, I'm checking the tech the support docs at microsoft and came across this one. I had no idea there was a limit. But, get this: "Note that the Windows 95 Resource Kit incorrectly states that there is no limit to the number of TrueType fonts you can install in Windows 95 and Windows 98."
So, my next question to JBA is:
How many fonts do you have installed?

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CarsonOGin Froy seems ok, Faceman is fair. But Slash is a cunt, FTL is a total soccer mom, JoeyBigArms thinks he's a fucking message board god. | posted on 04-12-2002 @ 11:34 AM | |
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 | Who da fuk wood have ovah 1000 fontz?!?!?

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I Need An Old Priest And A Young Priest | posted on 04-12-2002 @ 11:46 AM | |
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How many fonts do you have installed?
Just the standard fonts Window’s 98 came with. I don’t have the count right now, its my home PC.

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I kind of enjoy my anonymity on the board WOW Forum Ambassador | posted on 04-12-2002 @ 12:40 PM | |
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 | I gotta admitt, you got me stumped. At this point I'd try running windows update. See if that helps. It sure can't hurt. Then do the regedit carson outlined above.
If none of that works...
You're looking at reinstalling windows. How bad do you want these fonts?

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| posted on 04-12-2002 @ 1:03 PM | |
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 | Joey, serious question. Do you have a Gateway brand PC?

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I Need An Old Priest And A Young Priest | posted on 04-12-2002 @ 1:50 PM | |
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Do you have a Gateway brand PC?
Nope, I have a HP Intel 3 733.

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| posted on 04-12-2002 @ 2:03 PM | |
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 | Have you tried uninstalling/reinstalling a font you already have on your PC? It's just a longshot, but this might clue you into which is the problem - Windows or the new fonts . If you uninstall one you have (and don't really use) and are unable to put it back, then you'll know it has something to do with Windows.

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