Font Installation automation

[wjr]

We have an installer for our software which copies our custom font into
c:\windows\fonts\. It seems that Word 2003 (perhaps others) doesn't see
the font right away. Opening the font file by browsing to the file in
windows explorer and right click->open, seems to trigger word to see the
font.

I guess my question, is there something the install application or an
install script (in some cases) has to run to register the font?

 

[St]

We have an installer for our software which copies our custom font into
c:\windows\fonts\. It seems that Word 2003 (perhaps others) doesn't see
the font right away. Opening the font file by browsing to the file in
windows explorer and right click->open, seems to trigger word to see the
font.

I guess my question, is there something the install application or an
install script (in some cases) has to run to register the font?

AddFontResource?
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd183326(VS.85).aspx

 

[Andrew E.]

Microsoft has some font tools & extensions,try this link.
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/FreeToolsOverview.mspx
Also,scroll to tools/SDKs,you'll find other font add-ons.