Fonts

[Guest]

I'm missing some fonts from my widows XP (don't ask). Anyway, I'm not sure which ones are missing. When I go to certain sites & try to type in the comment boxes or whatever, the font shows up as some weird balloonish font that is unreadable. I've written to a few sites about this and only got a response back from 1. 2 fonts they use, that are not in my font list, are Geneva and Helvetica. I know how to install fonts but when I researched them on font sites, there are many variations of Helvica so I don't know what to download and Geneva is made by Apple computer and I can't get it. Anyone know about these or if I can maybe get them off my Window disk perhaps?? I know a bunch about computers but not as much as I thought...as usual. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Cerridwen]

I'm missing some fonts from my widows XP (don't ask). Anyway, I'm
not sure which ones are missing. When I go to certain sites & try to
type in the comment boxes or whatever, the font shows up as some
weird balloonish font that is unreadable. I've written to a few
sites about this and only got a response back from 1. 2 fonts they
use, that are not in my font list, are Geneva and Helvetica. I know
how to install fonts but when I researched them on font sites, there
are many variations of Helvica so I don't know what to download and
Geneva is made by Apple computer and I can't get it. Anyone know
about these or if I can maybe get them off my Window disk perhaps??
I know a bunch about computers but not as much as I thought...as
usual. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Windows has never installed either Geneva or Helvetica - Linotype knocked
off Helvetica, modified it and renamed it Arial. Then they sold the licence
to MS. Geneva is a Mac font. Whatever your problem is (and I can't begin to
guess as you've not described it properly at all) it isn't related to either
font. The only thing I can think is you've been randomly deleting fonts and
you've deleted something essential.

You won't find either font on the Windows CD.

 

[Guest]

----- Cerridwen wrote: -----
Windows has never installed either Geneva or Helvetica - Linotype knocked
off Helvetica, modified it and renamed it Arial. Then they sold the licence
to MS. Geneva is a Mac font. Whatever your problem is (and I can't begin to
guess as you've not described it properly at all) it isn't related to either
font. The only thing I can think is you've been randomly deleting fonts and
you've deleted something essential.

You won't find either font on the Windows CD.

Sorry I was so vague before. Yes, someone has been deleting fonts. I didn't think the fonts I mentioned were the missing ones but I'm trying to figure out what IS missing. I can't see some fonts on certain sites. One ex: I tried to send a comment on my niece's livejournal site and I couldn't read what I was writing in the box that came up. I wandered over here in desperation. I couldn't find any information on my computer, on Microsoft or the knowledge base about what fonts are installed in Windows XP. My wife likes to download & install custom fonts & "clean things up". She has learned her lesson & promises she won't delete any more fonts. I just want to try & solve the problem for her...& for me. Thanks for the previous post Cerriden. You do know your fonts! Any additional help would be great.

 

[Cerridwen]

----- Cerridwen wrote: -----
Windows has never installed either Geneva or Helvetica -
Linotype knocked off Helvetica, modified it and renamed it
Arial. Then they sold the licence to MS. Geneva is a Mac font.
Whatever your problem is (and I can't begin to guess as you've
not described it properly at all) it isn't related to either
font. The only thing I can think is you've been randomly
deleting fonts and you've deleted something essential.

You won't find either font on the Windows CD.

Sorry I was so vague before. Yes, someone has been deleting fonts.
I didn't think the fonts I mentioned were the missing ones but I'm
trying to figure out what IS missing. I can't see some fonts on
certain sites. One ex: I tried to send a comment on my niece's
livejournal site and I couldn't read what I was writing in the box
that came up. I wandered over here in desperation. I couldn't find
any information on my computer, on Microsoft or the knowledge base
about what fonts are installed in Windows XP. My wife likes to
download & install custom fonts & "clean things up". She has learned
her lesson & promises she won't delete any more fonts. I just want
to try & solve the problem for her...& for me. Thanks for the
previous post Cerriden. You do know your fonts! Any additional help
would be great.

Well, I'll do my best. What I should have said was (I was tired last night!)
that Geneva was Helvetica for the Mac (obvious if one thinks about it - what
country is known as 'Helvetica'?) therefore - to all intents and purposes -
they're the same font.

The link below is a table that shows all the fonts installed by XP. My gut
feeling is that Tahoma's gone astray, but if your desktop icons are OK, then
it's probably still there (Tahoma is used for all on-screen text).

Have a look at the list below and compare it to what you have in your fonts
folder.

http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/product.aspx?PID=135

If you find any missing, it may be easier to try a system restore than to
extract from the CABs on the XP CD (assuming you have a CD and you're not
using a HP or something that installs from a hidden partition).

Any further problems, don't hesitate to post back.

Blessed Be,

Cerri

P.S. Suggest you show that list to the other half and make her memorise it!
;o)