Un-installing/Deleting Asian Fonts

[Guest]

OS Windows XP Pro, SP2. Unintentionally I installed the Asian Fonts on my PC
and now when I am in some of my graphic programmes choosing a font to use,
when I stand on one of these fonts it causes my pc to freeze and I have to go
out of the programme I am in. When I look at these fonts through a font
viewer under "Installed Fonts"I see that they have a @ sign in front of
their name?
In the Windows Font folder there are no fonts with the @ sign for me to
delete. I would like to uninstall/delete these fonts but haven't found a way
to do so. Can anybody help me here, it's driving me crazy? I have asked this
question in other forums but haven't received a reply that solved the
problem. Thanks so much.

 

[Malke]

OS Windows XP Pro, SP2. Unintentionally I installed the Asian Fonts on my PC
and now when I am in some of my graphic programmes choosing a font to use,
when I stand on one of these fonts it causes my pc to freeze and I have to go
out of the programme I am in. When I look at these fonts through a font
viewer under "Installed Fonts"I see that they have a @ sign in front of
their name?
In the Windows Font folder there are no fonts with the @ sign for me to
delete. I would like to uninstall/delete these fonts but haven't found a way
to do so. Can anybody help me here, it's driving me crazy? I have asked this
question in other forums but haven't received a reply that solved the
problem. Thanks so much.

Go to the Fonts folder and right-click on the offending fonts and choose
"Delete". When asked if you are sure, say "yes". You can easily access
the Fonts folder from the Control Panel.


Malke

 

[Guest]

Thanks Malke for your reply, however I did write in my message "In the
Windows Font folder there are no fonts with the @ sign for me to delete". I
wish there were, it would make life much easier! I probably need to delete
them through the registry? Any ideas anyone?

 

[Malke]

Thanks Malke for your reply, however I did write in my message "In the
Windows Font folder there are no fonts with the @ sign for me to delete". I
wish there were, it would make life much easier! I probably need to delete
them through the registry? Any ideas anyone?

Sorry, I missed that. I expect you are seeing the @ sign because the
fonts aren't displaying correctly. Can you delete them from the font
viewer you are using? If not, then the font viewer must give you some
sort of name to search for. You may need to search manually or maybe
even do a System Restore to before you installed the fonts.


Malke

 

[Guest]

Thanks again Malke for your reply. I can't delete the fonts from my font
viewer because I get the warning message: "Unsupported or unknown font type".
I know the names of the fonts in question, some of them are: @Dotum,
@Batangche...
I tried looking in the registry for them but they didn't appear in the
Windows font file. I can't do a System Restore today because I installed them
a couple of months ago. It's strange that in the font viewer these fonts are
listed as installed, but where can they be if they're not in the Windows font
file? Any further ideas most welcome.

 

[Malke]

Thanks again Malke for your reply. I can't delete the fonts from my font
viewer because I get the warning message: "Unsupported or unknown font type".
I know the names of the fonts in question, some of them are: @Dotum,
@Batangche...
I tried looking in the registry for them but they didn't appear in the
Windows font file. I can't do a System Restore today because I installed them
a couple of months ago. It's strange that in the font viewer these fonts are
listed as installed, but where can they be if they're not in the Windows font
file? Any further ideas most welcome.

I'm so sorry but fonts are not really my area of expertise. However, if
you installed the fonts a couple of months ago and haven't had the
problem until recently, perhaps the cause is something else.

I'm really sorry that I couldn't help you.


Malke

 

[Nightowl]

Thanks again Malke for your reply. I can't delete the fonts from my font
viewer because I get the warning message: "Unsupported or unknown font type".
I know the names of the fonts in question, some of them are: @Dotum,
@Batangche...
I tried looking in the registry for them but they didn't appear in the
Windows font file. I can't do a System Restore today because I installed them
a couple of months ago. It's strange that in the font viewer these fonts are
listed as installed, but where can they be if they're not in the Windows font
file? Any further ideas most welcome.

Hi gilliano56

Try this: Go to Control Panel | Regional and Language Options and click
on the Languages tab.

UN-check the box that says: "Install files for East Asian languages" and
OK your way out. Then reboot.

That should get 'em. Let us know how you get on

 

[Guest]

Thanks Malke and Nightowl for your replies. Actually Nightowl what you
suggest is exactly what Microsoft state in an article on Installing Asian
Fonts. However, although I am Administrator, I can add check boxes but can't
seem to delete those that are already checked. Any suggestions? Thanks.

 

[Guest]

Forgot to add that the box that says: "Install files for East Asian
languages" is unchecked already. So tried, unsuccessfully, to uncheck the
boxes of the code page conversion tables. So it wasn't exactly what Nightowl
suggested.

 

[Nightowl]

Forgot to add that the box that says: "Install files for East Asian
languages" is unchecked already. So tried, unsuccessfully, to uncheck the
boxes of the code page conversion tables. So it wasn't exactly what Nightowl
suggested.

Hi gilliano56

I was going to reply to your previous post then saw this one

Hmm. . . without seeing your computer I can't be sure exactly what
settings you have, but here's what I would try:

First, re-tick the box for "Install files for East Asian languages" and
let Windows re-install them. Actually it may not reinstall them but it
should "re-recognise" them so that you *can* uninstall them. But don't
try that yet!

Still on the Languages tab, click the Details button and remove any
language and keyboard services you have installed other than your
default one (I don't know where you are but am guessing US?)

Then try unchecking "Install files for East Asian languages" if it still
is checked -- I'm not sure if removing the language support might
disable it.

Hope this helps. Let us know how you get on

 

[Guest]

Thank you so much Nightowl, that did the trick! Such an easy solution! I
didn't even un-install the language and keyboard services that I had added,
just re-installed and un-installed the Asian Fonts! BTW the @ symbol before a
font's name indicates that the text will be written vertically. Thanks again
for your help and to everybody else.

 

[Nightowl]

That's great, I'm so glad you've sorted it out.

Thank you so much Nightowl, that did the trick! Such an easy solution! I
didn't even un-install the language and keyboard services that I had added,
just re-installed and un-installed the Asian Fonts! BTW the @ symbol before a
font's name indicates that the text will be written vertically. Thanks again
for your help and to everybody else.