Fixing Constant Italic Font Problem

[Trent Rowe]

I have a question about this reply I got. I'm just wondering if I delete all
the font information in registry as suggested if the good fonts will be
automatically be put back in the registry or if there is something else I
have to do. I noticed that not all fonts are located in the font folder.
Some seem to be installed by games and some other applications. Just want to
make sure Windows doesn't know where to find any of the fonts;-)

Thanks!

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Fix Constant Italics/Font Problem - When a rogue program decides to
install its own version of system fonts, it may replace the original
version of the font file with a shortcut in the font folder. Once this
program is uninstalled, the shortcut may now point to a font file that
no longer exists. Windows XP in turn reacts by turning all unspecified
fonts into italics upon next reboot.The simple way to fix this is to
delete all shortcuts in the font folder and replace them with the
actual font file. By going to
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Fonts],
you can also double check the path of each font and look for any
suspicious paths.

 

[Malke]

I have a question about this reply I got. I'm just wondering if I
delete all the font information in registry as suggested if the good
fonts will be automatically be put back in the registry or if there is
something else I have to do. I noticed that not all fonts are located
in the font folder. Some seem to be installed by games and some other
applications. Just want to make sure Windows doesn't know where to
find any of the fonts;-)

Thanks!

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Fix Constant Italics/Font Problem - When a rogue program decides to
install its own version of system fonts, it may replace the original
version of the font file with a shortcut in the font folder. Once
this program is uninstalled, the shortcut may now point to a font
file that
no longer exists. Windows XP in turn reacts by turning all
unspecified fonts into italics upon next reboot.The simple way to fix
this is to delete all shortcuts in the font folder and replace them
with the
actual font file. By going to
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Fonts],
you can also double check the path of each font and look for any
suspicious paths.

Same answer I gave your last post: don't delete the key. Look on the
right-side panel at the fonts listed and their paths. Make sure the
fonts are really where the paths say they are and are not shortcuts.

Malke