I messed up my fonts......

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androo...

I wanted to copy my fonts on my PC to another drive so I dragged them from
the WINDOWS\FONTS folder to a folder on another drive. I expected these
fonts to copy as this is the default Windows behavior for dragging and
dropping between drives, but the fonts were moved out of the Fonts folder!

Some fonts then instantly reappeared in the Fonts folder, and I reinstalled
all the others from the control panel. I thought everything was fine for a
few days, but then I noticed that some fonts are too large in some dialogs,
particularly printing preference dialogs, moving options off the edge of the
dialog.

Does anyone know of a fix for this, short of formatting my HD and completely
reinstalling everything?

Thanks in advance,
androoooooooooooooooo............................

ps. I can provide screengrabs of example dialogs if helpful
 
androo... said:
I wanted to copy my fonts on my PC to another drive so I dragged them
from the WINDOWS\FONTS folder to a folder on another drive. I expected
these fonts to copy as this is the default Windows behavior for
dragging and dropping between drives, but the fonts were moved out of
the Fonts folder!

Some fonts then instantly reappeared in the Fonts folder, and I
reinstalled all the others from the control panel. I thought
everything was fine for a few days, but then I noticed that some fonts
are too large in some dialogs, particularly printing preference
dialogs, moving options off the edge of the dialog.

Does anyone know of a fix for this, short of formatting my HD and
completely reinstalling everything?
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Try a System Restore to before you made the mistake.
Start>Programs>Accessories>System Tools>System Restore
"Restore my computer to an earlier time"

A better way to copy things is to select them and then right-click/drag.
You'll get a context menu. It is then always better to choose "Copy"
rather than "Move".

Malke
 
I tried a system restore but it didn't do anything :-(

androooooooooooo................
 
androo... said:
I tried a system restore but it didn't do anything :-(
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Here are various things to try then:

Make a work folder - say C:\tempfont. Put your XP CD in the drive and
exit from the auto-run.

Start>Run>cmd [enter)

at the prompt (assumes your CD drive is D: - substitute the correct
letter if it is not)

D: [enter]
CD i386 [enter]
EXPAND *.TT_ C:\tempfont [enter]
EXPAND *.FO_ C:\tempfont [enter]
C: [enter]
CD \tempfont [enter]
REN *.TT_ *.TTF [enter]
REN *.FO_ *.FON [enter]
EXIT [enter]

That will extract all 298 fonts to C:\tempfont. You can then go to the
Fonts folder, browse to C:\tempfont, and select the ones you need.
Check the 'Copy to fonts folder' box before OK. Once you are sure you
have everything you need, you can delete the work folder.

Fonts Supplied with Windows XP -
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/winxp.htm
How to Determine the Default Windows Fonts -
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q254768
TrueType Fonts Shipped with Microsoft Applications -
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q123084
Fonts that are installed with Microsoft Office -
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;837463

If that doesn't work, you can try a Repair Install. Or go through all
the font settings in the Display applet and see if the sizes are set
too large.

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

Malke
 
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