Fix Constant Italics/Font Problem Question

[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.

 

[Alex Nichol]

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;-)

Do no more than remove references to elsewhere that are shortcuts. You
can do this in a Command prompt by
CD \Windows\Fonts
DEL /A *.lnk
Logout and restart

You can then reinstall those properly in Fonts - Install new font,
browse to find them in the other folder, and this time say 'Copy to
fonts folder' so that they are not handled (dangerously) through
shortcuts