How To Transfer Fonts from one PC to another PC

[silkunicorn]

Hi,

I have just bought a new Dell PC and would like to transfer all the
fonts of my old Gateway PC onto this one. I tried to use the Crossover
Cable to connect both computers in order to transfer the fonts, but
the process took forever (by using Windows XP File & Transfer Wizard)
and after three hours, the Wizard still trying to connect both PCs, so
I gave up.

And there seems no way I can copy the Font folder (from Control Panel)
onto a disk or external HD. So what should I do?

Another question: My Gateway PC used to have Windows 98 installed,
then I upgraded it to Windows XP. For some unknown reason, there are
many fonts in this PC that I do not know where did they come from.
When I installed my fonts into my new Dell PC, I installed all the
font folders that I can find (from Windows XP, HP drivers and
Microsoft Office disks), but still I could not get all the fonts I
have in Gateway! Does Windows 98 comes with its own fonts that I
could not get from Windows XP?

Any assistance/comments is much appreciated. I really don't want to
spend hundreds of dollars to buy the missing fonts for my Dell PC.

Thank you.

 

[Val]

You should be able to copy the fonts folder at:
C:\windows\fonts

Copy that folder to a USB memory or CD. Then on the new PC, simply choose
to install new fonts, point the installer to the copied folder, select all.
You will obviously have many duplicated, just skip those during the
installation.

It's unlikely that W98 had any fonts not carried over to XP. XP does have
some newer ones (Tahoma and Georgia come to mind). Over the course of some
years and many software installs, you are bound to have gotten a few other
odd ones installed by various programs.

Val


Hi,

I have just bought a new Dell PC and would like to transfer all the
fonts of my old Gateway PC onto this one. I tried to use the Crossover
Cable to connect both computers in order to transfer the fonts, but
the process took forever (by using Windows XP File & Transfer Wizard)
and after three hours, the Wizard still trying to connect both PCs, so
I gave up.

And there seems no way I can copy the Font folder (from Control Panel)
onto a disk or external HD. So what should I do?

Another question: My Gateway PC used to have Windows 98 installed,
then I upgraded it to Windows XP. For some unknown reason, there are
many fonts in this PC that I do not know where did they come from.
When I installed my fonts into my new Dell PC, I installed all the
font folders that I can find (from Windows XP, HP drivers and
Microsoft Office disks), but still I could not get all the fonts I
have in Gateway! Does Windows 98 comes with its own fonts that I
could not get from Windows XP?

Any assistance/comments is much appreciated. I really don't want to
spend hundreds of dollars to buy the missing fonts for my Dell PC.

Thank you.

 

[silkunicorn]

Thank you very much, Val. I got all the fonts transfered to my new
Dell PC.

I appreciate your kind assistance very much.

 

[silkunicorn]

You should be able to copy the fonts folder at:
C:\windows\fonts

Copy that folder to a USB memory or CD. Then on the new PC, simply choose
to install new fonts, point the installer to the copied folder, select all.
You will obviously have many duplicated, just skip those during the
installation.

It's unlikely that W98 had any fonts not carried over to XP. XP does have
some newer ones (Tahoma and Georgia come to mind). Over the course of some
years and many software installs, you are bound to have gotten a few other
odd ones installed by various programs.

Val

Hi Val or anyone else,

I had copied "all" of my fonts from my old Gateway PC to my new Dell
PC. However, in the Gateway Font Folder it shows 1122 objects and when
I installed fonts in my Dell PC, I chose 'Select All" and then skip
all those duplicates. After I finished, I look at my Dell Font folder
and it only shows 830, then I clicked Install New Fonts again, every
time I did that the number of fonts increased and now I have 859.
Could someone please tell me why not all 1122 fonts were copied onto
my Dell PC, do only "TrueType fonts" copied only but not Post Script
Outlines or PostScript Metrics fonts?

Any comments/suggestions will be much appreciated. Thank you.

Thomas

 

[Val]

If you have PostScript Type 1 fonts, you install them by pointing the font
installer to the folder containing the .pfm files.

Val

You should be able to copy the fonts folder at:
C:\windows\fonts

Copy that folder to a USB memory or CD. Then on the new PC, simply choose
to install new fonts, point the installer to the copied folder, select
all.
You will obviously have many duplicated, just skip those during the
installation.

It's unlikely that W98 had any fonts not carried over to XP. XP does have
some newer ones (Tahoma and Georgia come to mind). Over the course of
some
years and many software installs, you are bound to have gotten a few other
odd ones installed by various programs.

Val

Hi Val or anyone else,

I had copied "all" of my fonts from my old Gateway PC to my new Dell
PC. However, in the Gateway Font Folder it shows 1122 objects and when
I installed fonts in my Dell PC, I chose 'Select All" and then skip
all those duplicates. After I finished, I look at my Dell Font folder
and it only shows 830, then I clicked Install New Fonts again, every
time I did that the number of fonts increased and now I have 859.
Could someone please tell me why not all 1122 fonts were copied onto
my Dell PC, do only "TrueType fonts" copied only but not Post Script
Outlines or PostScript Metrics fonts?

Any comments/suggestions will be much appreciated. Thank you.

Thomas