adding fonts

Hello.

I have a double-edged problem trying to install TrueType fonts in Windows 2000.

Having downloaded some fonts, I learnt that I could install them by going to the Fonts Folder in the Control Panel and clicking "add" in the File Menu. Curiously, however, I do not have an "add" option in my Fonts Folder. How can this be?

I by-passed this little twilight zone by dragging the fonts directly into the Fonts Folder, yet none of my applications seem to recognise them. I am flumoxed. Can anybody help me?

 

The winnt\fonts folder may have lost the system attribute.

To check go to start > run... enter CMD

Change to the winnt folder:

C:\>CD WINNT

Check the attributes:

C:\WINNT>ATTRIB FONTS
A R C:\WINNT\Fonts

IF "S" attribute missing, re-add:

C:\WINNT>ATTRIB +S FONTS

See also Q133725

 

Or your user account may not have sufficient rights to the machine to do the font installs.

 

Problem Solved!
Many Thanks.