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Hi all,
I see there isn't a lot of traffic here, but I'll try anyway. My knowledge
of fonts and usages is minimal, so ... <g>
XP Pro SP2+, system kept fully updated
I have an HP Printer.
I have an HP font: script.fon with a description of "Script (all res).
The font now resides in the windows/fonts folder.
But I cannot get Word to see it. When I tried to install it from the win
font manager, it said it did, and now it says it's already installed if I
try to do it again, so apparently the system knows it's there.
I don't know how many fonts I have installed, but it's a lot less than a
400 number I saw somewhere; likely around 50-75, whatever defaults are, less
some I took out due to visual redundancy.
Any comments, links, assistance?
WORD however can not see it.
TIA
Pop`
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Poprivet wrote:
[Quoted Text] > Hi all,
> I see there isn't a lot of traffic here, but I'll try anyway. My
> knowledge of fonts and usages is minimal, so ... <g>
>
> XP Pro SP2+, system kept fully updated
> I have an HP Printer.
>
> I have an HP font: script.fon with a description of "Script (all
> res).
> The font now resides in the windows/fonts folder.
>
> But I cannot get Word to see it. When I tried to install it from the
> win font manager, it said it did, and now it says it's already
> installed if I try to do it again, so apparently the system knows
> it's there.
> I don't know how many fonts I have installed, but it's a lot less
> than a 400 number I saw somewhere; likely around 50-75, whatever
> defaults are, less some I took out due to visual redundancy.
>
> Any comments, links, assistance?
>
> WORD however can not see it.
>
> TIA
>
> Pop`
That's by design of Word, explained in
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=163059. The best solution is to find a
similar-looking TrueType font -- the Web is loaded with 'em.
--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.
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Jay Freedman wrote:
[Quoted Text] > Poprivet wrote: >> Hi all, >> I see there isn't a lot of traffic here, but I'll try anyway. My >> knowledge of fonts and usages is minimal, so ... <g> >> >> XP Pro SP2+, system kept fully updated >> I have an HP Printer. >> >> I have an HP font: script.fon with a description of "Script (all >> res). >> The font now resides in the windows/fonts folder. >> >> But I cannot get Word to see it. When I tried to install it from the >> win font manager, it said it did, and now it says it's already >> installed if I try to do it again, so apparently the system knows >> it's there. >> I don't know how many fonts I have installed, but it's a lot less >> than a 400 number I saw somewhere; likely around 50-75, whatever >> defaults are, less some I took out due to visual redundancy. >> >> Any comments, links, assistance? >> >> WORD however can not see it. >> >> TIA >> >> Pop` > > That's by design of Word, explained in > http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=163059. The best solution is to > find a similar-looking TrueType font -- the Web is loaded with 'em.
Hmm, thanks for the link; I didn't realize it was THAT long ago I used it!
Thanks, appreciate the response.
Regards,
Pop`
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As Jay said, many free script fonts on the web. For example
http://www.free-fonts.com/script_fonts.html
Tom
MSMVP
Windows shell/User
"Poprivet" <poprivet[ at ]devnull.spamcop.net> wrote in message
news:eX3$6GegHHA.4188[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
[Quoted Text] > Hi all,
> I see there isn't a lot of traffic here, but I'll try anyway. My
> knowledge of fonts and usages is minimal, so ... <g>
>
> XP Pro SP2+, system kept fully updated
> I have an HP Printer.
>
> I have an HP font: script.fon with a description of "Script (all
> res).
>
> The font now resides in the windows/fonts folder.
>
> But I cannot get Word to see it. When I tried to install it from the
> win font manager, it said it did, and now it says it's already
> installed if I try to do it again, so apparently the system knows it's
> there.
>
> I don't know how many fonts I have installed, but it's a lot less
> than a 400 number I saw somewhere; likely around 50-75, whatever
> defaults are, less some I took out due to visual redundancy.
>
> Any comments, links, assistance?
>
> WORD however can not see it.
>
> TIA
>
> Pop`
>
>
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Thanks, Tom, I found something there that might work. I've found a few
other possibilities I still have to check out. Boy, unless my search terms
were just out to lunch, the ttf font situation on the 'net is, well, not so
great. There are LOTS of fonts but when you're looking for something
specific, it seems you run into nothing but dead links, phoney links that
dont' have what the page offered, or huge downloads of junk that might or
might not have some actually useful fonts in them. Oh well, that's the way
it is <g>.
Thanks to Jay also, in fact.
Regards,
Pop`
Tom Ferguson wrote:
[Quoted Text] > As Jay said, many free script fonts on the web. For example > http://www.free-fonts.com/script_fonts.html> > Tom > MSMVP > Windows shell/User > > "Poprivet" <poprivet[ at ]devnull.spamcop.net> wrote in message > news:eX3$6GegHHA.4188[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> Hi all, >> I see there isn't a lot of traffic here, but I'll try anyway. My >> knowledge of fonts and usages is minimal, so ... <g> >> >> XP Pro SP2+, system kept fully updated >> I have an HP Printer. >> >> I have an HP font: script.fon with a description of "Script (all >> res). >> >> The font now resides in the windows/fonts folder. >> >> But I cannot get Word to see it. When I tried to install it from the >> win font manager, it said it did, and now it says it's already >> installed if I try to do it again, so apparently the system knows >> it's there. >> >> I don't know how many fonts I have installed, but it's a lot less >> than a 400 number I saw somewhere; likely around 50-75, whatever >> defaults are, less some I took out due to visual redundancy. >> >> Any comments, links, assistance? >> >> WORD however can not see it. >> >> TIA >> >> Pop`
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