Hell with fonts!

[legalpickle]

Hi All,

 

For some reason - I think because I tried installing loads of fonts, but not sure which one may have been faulty (not even sure this is the reason) - my computer is acting up in the following ways;

- Outlook Express (Outlook too, tried even though I hate it). If I set it to view messages in HTML it won't let me see the message - whether I sent it or received it - but if I select to view them all in Plain Text I can view a few, though not all. Also I can't type e-mails.

- Word: Has reset many of my files into a Courier-type font.

- MSIE & Firefox: SOME websites won't show the text, only lines. I can do Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C and then Ctrl+V in Notepad to read the text though.

 

I'm sure other programs will be acting up too, put I don't know yet.

 

I copied and pasted loads of Hebrew fonts into c:\windows\fonts on Thursday afternoon & Friday just before the Sabbath. I only noticed the problems last night due to the Sabbath (I'm Orthodox Jewish) & my burpday on Thursday (& Hebrew burpday Thursday night & Friday).

 

I can't undo what I did or do a system restore, because it wasn't by way of installation, just moving/copy & paste files that I had downloaded from the net.

 

Tried Spybot as well as WinASO and other registry cleaners. No success.

 

Any help would be muchas gracias.

 

Ta,

legalpickle

[locutus]

OK, some fonts bundled with windows are essential, did you overwrite any? Which version of windows are you using?

[legalpickle]

OK, some fonts bundled with windows are essential, did you overwrite any? Which version of windows are you using?

Thanks for coming to my thread locutus.

 

I don't know if I overwrote any Windows fonts. I might have done but don't know, and don't know how I can find out.

 

I'm using XP Home.

[locutus]

This is a list of the essential fonts for XP

 

Courier New (TrueType, including Bold, Italic, and Bold Italic variations)

Arial (TrueType, including Bold, Italic, and Bold Italic variations)

Times New Roman (TrueType, including Bold, Italic, and Bold Italic variations)

Symbol (TrueType)

Wingdings (TrueType)

MS Sans Serif

 

If you PM me an e-mail address I can send these files to you.

[dx100uk]

do start

run

cmd

sfc /scanow

 

dx

[legalpickle]

This is a list of the essential fonts for XP

 

Courier New (TrueType, including Bold, Italic, and Bold Italic variations)

Arial (TrueType, including Bold, Italic, and Bold Italic variations)

Times New Roman (TrueType, including Bold, Italic, and Bold Italic variations)

Symbol (TrueType)

Wingdings (TrueType)

MS Sans Serif

 

If you PM me an e-mail address I can send these files to you.

Offer appreciated, but there's a problem with that.

 

I have the fonts for Windows that supports Hebrew, and I'm assuming you don't, right? If that's the case than that'll just botch me up further. Any other ideas?

 

do start

run

cmd

sfc /scanow

 

dx

Thx dx, but I don't have a Windows CD anymore and it's demanding one.

 

Any other ideas?

[locutus]

Ignore my PM then, I don't have Hebrew I'm afraid.

 

Hmm... I know if you just drag a font into the "Fonts" folder it does actually install it (rather than just copy it) Have you tried a system restore?

[legalpickle]

Ignore my PM then, I don't have Hebrew I'm afraid.

Thanks for trying.

 

Hmm... I know if you just drag a font into the "Fonts" folder it does actually install it (rather than just copy it) Have you tried a system restore?

Tried but doesn't work.

 

Get a good nights sleep, nothing can be done now. I'm too tired too!

[dx100uk]

 

Thx dx, but I don't have a Windows CD anymore and it's demanding one.

 

Any other ideas?

 

yuo don't need a windows cd.

just try it on the OS installed, follow what i have said.

 

you are not 'installing' them Fontext.dll does that, i expect you have screwed that up.

 

Download, install, and run Microsofts' free TweakUI. Run the "repair font folder". (the last item on the list is "Repair"; select "repair font folder" from the drop-down menu).

 

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

 

The cause is usally that the Fonts folder has been diddled with and has lost its "System File" attribute.

 

or

 

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

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/tweakui.htm

 

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

 

 

or

 

use a search engine and type in your problem

 

dx

[legalpickle]

yuo don't need a windows cd.

just try it on the OS installed, follow what i have said.

 

you are not 'installing' them Fontext.dll does that, i expect you have screwed that up.

 

Download, install, and run Microsofts' free TweakUI. Run the "repair font folder". (the last item on the list is "Repair"; select "repair font folder" from the drop-down menu).

 

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

 

The cause is usally that the Fonts folder has been diddled with and has lost its "System File" attribute.

 

or

 

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

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/tweakui.htm

 

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

 

 

or

 

use a search engine and type in your problem

 

dx

dx,

 

Thanks for your response.

 

The menu commands are still in the fonts folder. To make sure it has the right attributes, I went to command prompt and typed 'attrib c:\windows\fonts' and the answer was 'S R c:\windows\fonts', so the attributes are fine. It is also allowing to install new fonts and all the rest.

 

TweakUI hasn't rectified anything.

 

sfc /scannow asks me for the Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 CD in order to update files. I can press cancel for each file but it seems to have a darn lot that it wants.

[dx100uk]

so its no been up on windows update very much then if you've no sp3 installed...

 

dx

[locutus]

http://www.microsoft.com/typography/Fonts/product.aspx?PID=135

 

Can you tell me which fonts you can't see from this page?

[legalpickle]

http://www.microsoft.com/typography/Fonts/product.aspx?PID=135

 

Can you tell me which fonts you can't see from this page?

locutus,

 

You're a genius! Now I need to know where to get them from that support Hebrew.

 

I've jumped ahead and gone to: Fonts supplied with Windows XP SP2 which is for Windows XP SP2, which I'm sure I have.

 

So I've listed all the fonts that I can't see - that means don't make sense the language they're in, coz it seems like a cross between Russian, Greek & the rubbish a printer prints when it doesn't understand a command!

 

Those at the end with a *, I don't recall ever having.

 

- Andalus

- Arial (all versions except Arial Black)

- Comic Sans (all versions)

- Courier New (all versions)

- Georgia (all versions)

- MS Sans Serif

- Tahoma (all versions)

- Times New Roman (all versions)

- Trebuchet MS (all versions)

- Verdana (all versions)

 

- *Angsana (all versions)

- *Browalia (all versions)

- *Cordia (all versions)

- *Dillenia (all versions)

- *EucrosiaUPC (all versions)

- *FreesiaUPC (all versions)

- *IrisUPC (all versions)

- *JasmineUPC (all versions)

- *KodchiangUPC (all versions)

- *LilyUPC (all versions)

- *Palatino (all versions)

- *SimHei

- *Sylfaen

 

So where can I download them?

[locutus]

I'll be honest, I'm not sure. I have no knowledge about getting the fonts in another language (or if other languages are embedded within the fonts) Do you have another windows XP computer with hebrew fonts installed? Or a friend that you can copy them off?

 

Unfortunatly I don't understand hebrew so I can't even install XP on an old system to find the fonts.

 

Slight side track, if you right click "My Computer" and select Properties what service pack does it say?

[legalpickle]

I'll be honest, I'm not sure. I have no knowledge about getting the fonts in another language (or if other languages are embedded within the fonts) Do you have another windows XP computer with hebrew fonts installed? Or a friend that you can copy them off?

 

Unfortunatly I don't understand hebrew so I can't even install XP on an old system to find the fonts.

 

Slight side track, if you right click "My Computer" and select Properties what service pack does it say?

SP3.

 

No other computer. Will try to contact a few people. If you have any ideas in the meanwhile they'd be much appreciated.

[dx100uk]

was just speaking to one of my counterparts at another uni:

try this:

 

Edinburgh University Divinity School: Font Issues

 

dx

[legalpickle]

Hi All,

 

Thank you Conniff, dx100uk & locutus for your help.

 

I finally managed to get a Windows XP CD from a friend - I was waiting for an answer from him which is why I didn't respond to your PM Conniff, but thanks for the offer.

 

I ran sfc /scannow as recommended by dx100uk, but it didn't do anything.

 

Copying the fonts off the XP CD didn't help, so on a friend's recommendation I removed Hebrew from Regional and Language Options in Control Panel and then removed the language pack. I then re-installed the Language Pack (Languages tab, then "Install files for complex script and right-to-left languages (including Thai))".

 

I then restarted my computer and it all works - finally!

 

Thank you all for your help! Muchas appreciated!

 

Ta,

legalpickle

[dx100uk]

hey well done

 

one for me to note down

 

dx

[legalpickle]

hey well done

 

one for me to note down

 

dx

Thx!

 

Yeah, I called a "friend" - who I really couldn't be bothered speaking to, but was getting desperate, and he told me what to do, made the whole darned call worth it!!! Lol!!!