-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Fonts Tutorial
- From: GMan <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 03:21:46 -0500
Sandi,
I will never suggest abandoning a poor, lost & helpless font without
first trying to repair the damage (or at least seeing what happens when the
procedure is reversed). I just checked the single font that I experimented
on and the one in the Windows Fonts folder is still showing as a shortcut
with a path statement back to my font storage folder (although it weighs in
at the full size of the original font), while the original font in that
storage folder is still completely intact and showing no worse for wear.
This does make me wonder why it would act differently on your machine.
You're absolutely sure that no copy (shortcut or otherwise) is showing a
decent size for the font? Try running CHKDSK to see if perhaps the font has
been the victim of corruption. It's also possible that the font may have
somehow moved itself into your main Temp folder (usually found at
C:\Documents and Settings\{username}\Local Settings\Temp) or even in the
Temporary Internet Files folder. That last location is difficult to
examine, so I use ACDSee (an image viewer app) to look through the contents
every once in a while. If you already have a decent 3rd party image viewing
app installed, see if it'll allow you to see all of the files in there. You
may have to change the options to show hidden files and to not exclude
non-images.
Of course, it might also be related to the length of the path to your My
Docs folder since path statements in RAM are limited (different versions of
Windows have different limits). But this is extremely easy to fix. Using
Windows Explorer, go to Documents and Setting > Joyce, Right grab (use the
Right mouse button) the My Documents folder and drag it to another location.
When you let go, choose Move form the context menu. The Registry will
automatically update itself with the new location and nothing else needs to
be done to confirm it (this also works for your Favorites folder, if you're
interested). My strongest suggestion would be to move it to the root
directory of a different partition so that it's protected just in case of a
possible future corrupted Windows installation. If you Move it directly off
the root folder (i.e. D:\My Documents), the path will have shrunk by 26
characters. You can make it even shorter by renaming the folder to
something like "MyDocs" which will shrink it another 6 characters.
Incidentally, I can send you the Emerald Isle font if you find that
you're unable to recover your copy of it. :O)
Peace,
GMan
"The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask!"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sandi Beach" <sandib2@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2007 4:03 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Fonts Tutorial
> This is getting curiouser and curiouser (if there is such a word). I
> proceeded today to make another new folder on my desktop and named it
> "dupes2", planning to move that second one over of the Comic Sans and
> Georgia fonts. I opened Windows fonts folder and there is only one of
> each
> font--no more duplicates. When I moved those first ones back I do not
> recall that it asked me anything and I am pretty sure there were two in
> there when I got done as I checked to be sure they were functional.
> And if anyone can screw things up I think I take the prize. I decided to
> try just one font that I had moved to the Backup Fonts, Xtra fonts folder
> (one I did not want or use). I opened my Xtra fonts folder, reduced the
> window size, opened Windows and found the font folder, reduced window
> size.
> Then I right clicked on Emerald Isle font, drug it to the Windows font
> folder, let go and chose create shortcut. That seemed to be o.k. but I
> found out this morning that it definitely was not o.k. and I am glad I
> experimented with a font I did not want or need. I found out that Xtra
> folder font now contained just the name and nothing else. I went to
> Windows
> font folder and clicked on the shortcut of Emerald Isle and it would not
> open! Same behavior as occurred when I moved one of the dupes out of the
> Windows font folder.
> And I discovered I had a problem when I was looking at Sue Fisher's Font
> Thing (still trying to decide which one I want to use as both have
> advantages over the other). The Font Thing showed a red X by Emerald Isle
> and said it was not installed so that is when I went looking to see for
> myself.
> The only thing that I can see that might have caused this not to work
> (creating the shortcut) is that my backup fonts folder is kind of buried
> in
> My Documents. The path goes like this: Documents and Setting/Joyce/My
> Documents/Downloads/ Backup Fonts. When I open up My Documents it is not
> that difficult to get to but that is the path that shows up. I don't know
> why. Since I put these two windows side by side on my desktop to make the
> short cut I am assuming the backup folder was too deeply buried.
> I plan to try this again with another font that I do not use and is not
> essential and use Windows Explorer to see if I have better luck.
> In the meanwhile I do have a question. Why are you not surprised????
> Shall
> I just delete that font that will not work any longer because I bungled
> the
> procedure? Or should I try to find a way to get it working again and, if
> so, how. Fresh download? From Where?
> Sandi
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