Conference noted::windows95

    If I remember correctly, you no longer need to INSTALL new fonts
    directly, just simply copy the font files to the FONTS directory where
    the rest of them are.
    
    Then Windows95 can use any of them there.
    
    Try it.
    
    mark

    I think you need to run the Fonts thing from Control Panel (not go
    directly to the fonts directory) then use Install New Font that should
    be on the file menu.
    
    I suspect copying the font to the directory may not help much.
    
    Pete

Thanks for the replies, sadly I have tried these. Copying into the fonts 
directory does not give me the list within WORD/Excel etc, so I assume that 
they have not been put into the registry(?).
 
>   I think you need to run the Fonts thing from Control Panel (not go
>   directly to the fonts directory) then use Install New Font that should
>   be on the file menu.
    
 
This is where my problem occurs, I do not have the option on the file menu to 
Install new font. I assume that the marvellous IS people here did something in 
the build, but I don't know what. And neither do they.




Thanks


Stuart

Start -> settings -> control panel -> fonts -> file -> install new font

 The last will provide a screed to point to the new font source.  As was
 prevously written, it appears that just dragging the new font to the
 \windows\font directory may do this as well.

To check
  open microsoft word, -> format -> font

the new font should show up in the left scroll box.

 Bruce

Rep .4 Bruce

>>>Start -> settings -> control panel -> fonts -> file -> install new font


   I just got a new system last night and I'm seeing the same problem as in .0
 When you use the shortcut in the control panel to get to the fonts folder there
 isn't an option to "install new font" under the file button or anything else
 for that matter in the fonts folder. I have installed used the sequence you
 describe under WNT 4.0 and it worked just fine but under WIN95 it doesn't
 seem to work. BTW the help for WIN95 also describes what you have above.


	-mike

I had a similar problem. I tried taking one of the fonts that came
with eXcursion and installing it in the fonts folder. The keymapper
application could see the font but msworks could not. I still don't
know why not.

Dave

    My WOW laptop has the problem descibed herein and the version on it is
    4.00.950a.  My personal desktop machine doesn't have the problem and
    while I can't verify it until tonight, I believe it reports the same
    version.
    
    Ken
    

 Rep .8

>>>My WOW laptop has the problem descibed herein and the version on it is
    4.00.950a. 

  My machine that has the problem is also a laptop. I can't check the version
 until tonight but maybe there's something screwy about laptop installs.


	-mike

Sorry to throw a bug in the ointment, but mine's a desktop !!

 The only other thing is that mine was installed using a specific Location 
Build, whereas the chap next to me had his built with the local is build disk. 
Don't know but can this option to install fonts be disabled  by the build disk ?


Still floundering................


Stuart

This appears to tell all....


http://www.microsoft.com/kb/articles/q133/7/25.htm

Also attached is a text copy of the problem

SYMPTOMS 


When you open the Fonts folder in Windows Explorer, the following commands may 
be missing from the Fonts folder menus: 
�From the File menu: 



    - Open
    - Print
    - Install New Font



�From the View Menu: 



    - List Fonts By Similarity
    - Hide Variations (Bold, Italics, Etc.)






CAUSE 




This behavior can occur for any of the following reasons: 
�The System attribute is no longer set for the Fonts folder. The Fonts folder 
must have its System attribute set to work correctly. �The Fontext.dll file may 
be missing or damaged, causing the menus to contain only the commands for a 
generic folder. �The Desktop.ini file may be missing or damaged. Note that you 
do not see the Desktop.ini file when you view the Fonts folder. To see the file, 
open an MS-DOS session and view the Windows\Fonts folder. 


RESOLUTION 




To restore the correct commands for the Fonts folder, follow these steps: 
1.At a command prompt, switch to the Windows folder by typing the following 
command: 



      cd\windows





NOTE: If Windows 95 is installed in a folder other than the Windows folder, 
adjust these instructions accordingly. 2.Type the following command: 



      attrib fonts +s



3.Shut down and restart Windows 95. 


NOTE: You cannot set the System attribute for the Fonts folder within the 
graphical user interface. 



If the commands for the Fonts folder are not restored, the Fontext.dll file may 
be missing or damaged. To replace the Fontext.dll file, follow these steps: 
1.Restart Windows 95 in MS-DOS mode. 2.Change to the Windows\System folder. 3.If 
the Fontext.dll file exists, rename it Fontext.old. 4.Extract a new copy of the 
Fontext.dll file from the original Windows 95 disks or CD-ROM to the 
Windows\System folder. 

For information about using the Extract tool, please see the following article 
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 



      ARTICLE-ID: Q129605
      TITLE     : Using the Windows 95 Extract Tool (Extract.exe)



5.Restart Windows 95 normally. 


If the issue persists, the Desktop.ini file may be missing or damaged. To 
replace the Desktop.ini file, follow these steps: 
1.Restart Windows 95 in MS-DOS mode. 2.Change to the Windows\Fonts folder. 3.If 
the Desktop.ini file exists, rename it Desktop.old. 4.Extract a new copy of the 
Desktop.ini file from the original Windows 95 disks or CD-ROM to the 
Windows\Fonts folder. 

For information about using the Extract tool, please see the following article 
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 



      ARTICLE-ID: Q129605
      TITLE     : Using the Windows 95 Extract Tool (Extract.exe)



5.Restart Windows 95 normally. 


MORE INFORMATION 




The resolution listed in this article may also resolve the following symptoms: 
�The TrueType tab is missing when you open the Fonts folder and then click 
Options on the View menu. �Fonts that are listed in the Fonts folder are not 
available to be selected within programs

Rep .11

  THANKS, that fixed it for me.


	-mike