duckduckswan
Borelord
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- Sep 22, 2007
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Hello all, not sure if anyone else has stumbled across this issue but my search of google has shown at least a few others to have gotten it. For some odd reason, now most of my fonts (including this one) have become bolded while other text displays italicized. As you can imagine this can create a headache when reading.
It seems to be a Windows issue and not a firefox one as it also appears in Explorer and InternetExplorer. I found this: http://forums.cnet.com/5208-12546_102-0.html?threadID=309320 which offers the following steps to fix:
1. Click Start -> Run. If you cannot locate the 'Run' item, then click 'Window Key' + 'R'.
2. In the run box, type: c:\windows\fonts (Replace c: with the drive letter where the OS is installed)
3. The fonts window will open. Click 'Alt' + 'F' to activate the menu. Click 'Install New Font' in the menu.
4. In the folders dialog, browse to c:\windows\fonts where c: is the OS drive letter.
5. All fonts would now appear under 'List all fonts'.
6. Click 'Select All' and then click 'Install'.
7. Confirm the windows permission dialog.
8. A replace file dialog would appear. Click on 'Yes' to each and every dialog that appears. This will ensure that fresh entries for fonts are written in the registry. To avoid clicking, press and hold 'Alt' key - then press 'Y' key for every dialog that appears.
However, at step 3 I cannot find the 'Install New Font' option under the menu. I've tried searching google for other fixes, along with downloading all new copies of fonts at: http://sourceforge.net/projects/corefonts/files/the fonts/final/ and rebooting the computer.
But everything is still whacky, and I can't get text to display correctly on the computer. Has anyone else had this problem or know of a way to fix it? Thanks very much.
It seems to be a Windows issue and not a firefox one as it also appears in Explorer and InternetExplorer. I found this: http://forums.cnet.com/5208-12546_102-0.html?threadID=309320 which offers the following steps to fix:
1. Click Start -> Run. If you cannot locate the 'Run' item, then click 'Window Key' + 'R'.
2. In the run box, type: c:\windows\fonts (Replace c: with the drive letter where the OS is installed)
3. The fonts window will open. Click 'Alt' + 'F' to activate the menu. Click 'Install New Font' in the menu.
4. In the folders dialog, browse to c:\windows\fonts where c: is the OS drive letter.
5. All fonts would now appear under 'List all fonts'.
6. Click 'Select All' and then click 'Install'.
7. Confirm the windows permission dialog.
8. A replace file dialog would appear. Click on 'Yes' to each and every dialog that appears. This will ensure that fresh entries for fonts are written in the registry. To avoid clicking, press and hold 'Alt' key - then press 'Y' key for every dialog that appears.
However, at step 3 I cannot find the 'Install New Font' option under the menu. I've tried searching google for other fixes, along with downloading all new copies of fonts at: http://sourceforge.net/projects/corefonts/files/the fonts/final/ and rebooting the computer.
But everything is still whacky, and I can't get text to display correctly on the computer. Has anyone else had this problem or know of a way to fix it? Thanks very much.
