If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#31
|
|||
|
|||
Font problem
Thank you so much for all the help Bob, I'm up and running again now that I've used *Associate This*.
I have kept all your suggestions and instructions, just in case it should ever happen again, although it isn't something I'm ever likely to forget!! Anne "Bob Lucas" wrote in message ... Hi Anne The problem with the file description should not be too difficult to fix. Open Control Panel / Folder Options / File Types and scroll down to TTF. Click on the Advanced option. In the resulting menu, change the content of the first field from "Irfanview TTF File" to "TrueType Font file". Click on OK. However, I am puzzled why you can't view the Arial font, when you double click on the Arial.ttf file name. Do you have the same problem with other TTF files? And what happens, if you click on Start / Run - and type "fontview.exe arial.ttf"? I really don't know what to suggest. However, you could double-check the following aspects: 1. Is the fontview.exe file located correctly in the folder at C:\WINDOWS\system32 ? 2. Are all of your Windows font files located correctly in the folder at C:\WINDOWS\Fonts ? 3. Go back to Folder Options / File Types. Scroll down to TTF and check that this type of file still opens with Windows Font Viewer. Also, check the Advanced options and make su a) the open command does read C:\WINDOWS\System32\fontview.exe %1. Use DDE should also be checked. b) the print command does read C:\WINDOWS\System32\fontview.exe /p %1. Use DDE should also be checked. 4. As an afterthought, most Windows fonts use the TTF file extension. However, several fonts use the TTC or FON file extensions. You may need to check that these alternative file extensions are properly associated to the Windows Font Viewer. It sounds as though Irfanview might have messed up your settings. I am not familiar with Irfanview. However, Google indicates that the program includes a font-viewer plug-in. Does it have a configuration menu. If so, can you remove the Irfanview font-viewer plug-in? Do you need to use Irfanview? If not, you could try uninstalling that program entirely, to see whether that makes any difference. "Annie" wrote in message ... Hi Bob, Thank you for the file, I followed the rest of your instructions so haven't used it as yet. I ran sfc /scannow from the cmd prompt, and rebooted. On the bright side I now have my fonts opening with Windows Font Viewer but they still remain as .. **Type of file : Irfanview TTF File**, which is a nuisance, but better than what I had, I'd like to put that right too, g. When I navigate to my Fonts folder and double click on Arial.ttf I'm told ... **The requested file:C\Windows|fonts\ARIAL.ttf was not a valid font file.**. How do I validate my Windows Fonts? Another mini problem! I appreciate the help on this, thank you for your time. Anne "Bob Lucas" wrote in message ... In that case, I really am puzzled. I simply don't understand how your computer responded to "Run fontview.exe fontname.ttf", if you don't have "fontview.exe" on your machine. What happens if you navigate to the C:\Windows\Fonts folder - and double click on one of the standard Windows fonts (such as "arial.ttf")? Does the standard font open, using a Font Viewer utility? If "fontview.exe" really is missing from your computer, you could use the Microsoft System File checker utility. To do so, go to a command line prompt. Type "sfc /scannow" (without the quotation marks). For further information, see the instructions at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310747. If System File Checker doesn't restore the file, you could try to copy it manually. This is at your own risk, and I'm not 100% certain it will work. However, I have attached a required file (renamed "fontview.copy"). Save the file to a temporary folder - and rename it as "fontview.exe". Then, upon the assumption that the Windows directory on your computer is at C:\Windows, you should copy "fontview.exe" to the "C:\Windows\system32" folder on your computer. Use the procedure that I described previously to associate TTF files to "fontview.exe". You will almost certainly need to use the browse option in the File Types menu. Scroll down to "C:\Windows\system32" and select the "fontview.exe" file. "Annie" wrote in message ... .I've done as you suggested, ran a search for the fontview.exe file, and search reports ....*Search complete. There are no results to display*. The fonts in the folder on my desktop were there for me to install at a later date, and would have been properly installed into the fonts folder if this problem hadn't arose. I don't just drag and drop fonts into the fonts folder I install them properly. I've installed the fonts ok, from your instructions, but I still have them all presenting as .jpegs in the folder on my desktop. Fontview.exe is not on the list, in the *Open With* box, so I can't associate the fonts with it. I've run several anti-spyware programs, and my AVG, they don't bring anything untoward up, that was the first thing I did, thinking I had a bug or two. Anne "Bob Lucas" wrote in message ... Sorry, but something doesn't quite add up, here. Windows Font Viewer is a system file, which comes with every installation of Windows XP. You are saying that you don't have the file "fontview.exe " on your computer. However, when you run "fontview.exe airstream.ttf", the font viewer program opens and lets you view the font. It follows that you MUST have the "fontview.exe" program on your computer. Otherwise, you would not be able to run the program. Also, I don't understand how a TTF file extension could change on its own to JPEG. (I assume you are running active anti-virus protection - and the TTF files are not infected). Furthermore, if the file extensions have changed to JPEG, then I don't understand how "fontview.exe" could allow you to view the content of the files. So let's try a few more steps. Make sure you are signed into Windows as an "Administrator". Then, Open Control Panel / Folder Options and click on the "View" tab. Remove the check from the box labelled "Hide extensions for known file types". Also, on a temporary basis, remove the check from the box labelled "Hide protected operating system files". Save these changes Next, click on "Start", followed by "Search" - and search for the "fontview.exe" file. When you perform the search, make sure you search against "All files and Folders". Under "Advanced Options", you should also include system folders, hidden files and folders, and subfolders. The search results should confirm the existence of the "fontview.exe" file - and tell you where to find it. You indicated that you have downloaded the custom font files to a folder on your desktop. However, Windows font files should always reside in the dedicated system folder at C:\WINDOWS\Fonts, because the system folder provides special functions for managing fonts. Copy the downloaded font files files to C:\WINDOWS\Fonts and if necessary, change the file extension back to TTF. In C:\WINDOWS\Fonts, select the name of each downloaded font in turn and try to install it (follow the detailed instructions at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314960). Now, you should be able to correct the file association for TTF files. If the Folder options / File Types menu does not offer Windows Font Viewer as one of the recommended programs for TTF files, you will need to click on "Browse". Perhaps I should clarify how to use the "Browse" function (in Folder Options / File Types). Clicking on "Browse" will display the complete folder list. Scroll down the list until you reach the folder (or sub-folder) that contains "fontview.exe". Click on the name of that program file. When you select "fontview.exe" from the folder list, that should allocate the correct file association. Also, check the Advanced Options, as per my previous response. "Annie" wrote in message ... Hello Bob, I haven't got the XP Windows Font Viewer installed, otherwise it should surely be in my Folder Options list? (No C:\WINDOWS\System32\fontview.exe File available). If I change the font from a .jpeg to a .ttf it stays in .jpeg. format. If I run ...fontview.exe airstream.ttf . then the font opens as it should, but the icon remains as a .jpeg on my desktop, and not as the actual font .. (.ttf file). As it shows here. I can't install any font until this problem is resolved. Anne "Bob Lucas" wrote in message ... Firstly, the file extension for a true type font should be TTF - not JPEG. Try changing the extensions of the problem files from JPEG to TTF. The recommended program to view fonts in Win XP is Windows Font Viewer. On my computer, the Windows Font Viewer file is located at C:\WINDOWS\System32\fontview.exe. It might be different on the OP's computer. Click on "Start" (at the bottom left of the desktop screen), followed by "Run". Type "fontview.exe fontname.ttf" (without the quotation marks), followed by OK. (Substitute the name of the actual font for fontname.ttf.) If the file you have downloaded is not a valid font, you will see an error message. Otherwise, Windows Font Viewer will open and you should be able to view characters from the font. The TTF file extension on your computer may not be associated to the correct program. To re-associate TTF files to Windows Font Viewer, open Control Panel and Click on Folder Options. Then, select File Types and scroll down to TTF. Click on "Advanced". (If the "Advanced" Option is missing, click on the "Restore" option instead, followed by "Advanced".) Check the box labelled "Confirm open after download". The "Advanced" menu should offer two command options - "open" and "print". Select "open", followed by Edit. The command line must read C:\WINDOWS\System32\fontview.exe %1 (Note - the space between exe and %1). Also, check the box marked Use DDE. Select "print", followed by Edit. The command line must read C:\WINDOWS\System32\fontview.exe /p %1 (Note - the spaces between exe and /p and also between /p and %1). Also, check the box marked Use DDE. Click on OK and check that TTF files are associated correctly to Windows Font Viewer. If not, click on "Change", to correct the association. If Windows Font Viewer is not listed as a recommended program, you may need to use the browse option (to C:\WINDOWS\System32\fontview.exe). Before you can use new fonts, you will need to install them. Saving the TTF files is insufficient. You will find detailed installation instructions at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314960 "Annie" wrote in message ... Windows XP Home Edition. SP3. IE6. Hi, I downloaded a few free fonts to a folder on my desktop. When I went to install them I find they've changed from .TTF files to .JPEGS, so I can't use them. They were .TTF files when I downloaded them. I right clicked a font, went to *Open With*, but the utility I used to have there is now missing, and I can't remember what it was called, so I can't reinstall it. I don't even know when the fault happened, or I'd restore the computer back to before then. Please can you advise me, Many thanks, Anne |
Ads |
#32
|
|||
|
|||
Font problem
"Annie" wrote in message
... If I change the font from a .jpeg to a .ttf it stays in .jpeg. format. If I run ...fontview.exe airstream.ttf . then the font opens as it should, but the icon remains as a .jpeg on my desktop, and not as the actual font .. (.ttf file). Hi Annie, I understand from your later messages that your problem was solved, but I'm curious about your description in the above cited message. What were you changing? Were you renaming the file from "airstream.jpeg" to "airstream.ttf" and the filename was changing to "airstream.jpeg"? (In which case fontview.exe airstream.ttf should not have worked.) Or did you mean that only the icon graphic itself looked like a jpeg icon, not the font one? (Thanks in advance. --Richard P.S. Something else to check: In Control Panel, open Folder Options, click View tab. In Advanced settings, see if there is a checkmark befo Hide extensions for known file types If so, I recommend you UN-check that. With extensions hidden, you might receive a file called "FamilyPics.jpg" attached to an email, that is really "FamilyPics.jpg.exe" which, instead of opening in a graphics viewer, begins to execute some nasty virus, trojan or worm program. - - - |
#33
|
|||
|
|||
Font problem
Apologies for replying late, I've been on holiday.
When I downloaded the fonts they downloaded as .ttf icons, however, when I came to install those fornts they were displaying as Irfanview Icons, ('jpeg format), I installed a trial version of *Associate This* and re associated those Irfanview Icons back to the Windows Font Viewer. I couldn't install the fonts until I had reassociated them. Anne "Richard" wrote in message ... "Annie" wrote in message ... If I change the font from a .jpeg to a .ttf it stays in .jpeg. format. If I run ...fontview.exe airstream.ttf . then the font opens as it should, but the icon remains as a .jpeg on my desktop, and not as the actual font .. (.ttf file). Hi Annie, I understand from your later messages that your problem was solved, but I'm curious about your description in the above cited message. What were you changing? Were you renaming the file from "airstream.jpeg" to "airstream.ttf" and the filename was changing to "airstream.jpeg"? (In which case fontview.exe airstream.ttf should not have worked.) Or did you mean that only the icon graphic itself looked like a jpeg icon, not the font one? (Thanks in advance. --Richard P.S. Something else to check: In Control Panel, open Folder Options, click View tab. In Advanced settings, see if there is a checkmark befo Hide extensions for known file types If so, I recommend you UN-check that. With extensions hidden, you might receive a file called "FamilyPics.jpg" attached to an email, that is really "FamilyPics.jpg.exe" which, instead of opening in a graphics viewer, begins to execute some nasty virus, trojan or worm program. - - - |
#34
|
|||
|
|||
Font problem
Ah !!!
That confirms that you did download the fonts as TTF files. The actual file type did NOT change to JPEG, even though your computer displayed the wrong icon. Microsoft, in their infinite wisdom, designed Windows to hide the file extensions of known file types by default. That is what happened to the icons you downloaded. However, because if you couldn't see the complete file name (with the extension), you had no way of knowing whether the actual files were ttf, ico, or jpeg. At best, the Windows default setting leads to confusion - and in some circumstances, can be dangerous. For instance, some viruses and other malware may be distributed with a "double" file extension (such as "filename.jpg.exe"). A "double" file extension is a classic danger sign. However, by default, Windows hides the true file extension ("exe"). Consequently, it appears that you have received a harmless JPEG file, instead of a potentially dangerous "exe" file. In my previous advice, I advised you to click Control Panel / Folder Options / View - and remove the check from the box labelled "Hide extensions for known file types". I still recommend that you to perform that simple step, even though you have resolved the particular problem with the font. "Annie" wrote in message ... Apologies for replying late, I've been on holiday. When I downloaded the fonts they downloaded as .ttf icons, however, when I came to install those fornts they were displaying as Irfanview Icons, ('jpeg format), I installed a trial version of *Associate This* and re associated those Irfanview Icons back to the Windows Font Viewer. I couldn't install the fonts until I had reassociated them. Anne "Richard" wrote in message ... "Annie" wrote in message ... If I change the font from a .jpeg to a .ttf it stays in .jpeg. format. If I run ...fontview.exe airstream.ttf . then the font opens as it should, but the icon remains as a .jpeg on my desktop, and not as the actual font .. (.ttf file). Hi Annie, I understand from your later messages that your problem was solved, but I'm curious about your description in the above cited message. What were you changing? Were you renaming the file from "airstream.jpeg" to "airstream.ttf" and the filename was changing to "airstream.jpeg"? (In which case fontview.exe airstream.ttf should not have worked.) Or did you mean that only the icon graphic itself looked like a jpeg icon, not the font one? (Thanks in advance. --Richard P.S. Something else to check: In Control Panel, open Folder Options, click View tab. In Advanced settings, see if there is a checkmark befo Hide extensions for known file types If so, I recommend you UN-check that. With extensions hidden, you might receive a file called "FamilyPics.jpg" attached to an email, that is really "FamilyPics.jpg.exe" which, instead of opening in a graphics viewer, begins to execute some nasty virus, trojan or worm program. - - - |
#35
|
|||
|
|||
Font problem
Hi Bob,
Thanks for the lengthy explanation, useful to have! **Hide extensions for known file types** The check had already been removed. I could indeed see the complete path name, I have *clickie* installed. All my *hidden files* - etc are *unhidden*, and have been since I reinstalled XP several weeks ago. Was a complete mystery to me why those fonts dispalyed as .. airstream.jpg, for example. All is ok now, and I'm happy for it to be so. Thanks so much for the info. etc. Anne "Bob Lucas" wrote in message ... Ah !!! That confirms that you did download the fonts as TTF files. The actual file type did NOT change to JPEG, even though your computer displayed the wrong icon. Microsoft, in their infinite wisdom, designed Windows to hide the file extensions of known file types by default. That is what happened to the icons you downloaded. However, because if you couldn't see the complete file name (with the extension), you had no way of knowing whether the actual files were ttf, ico, or jpeg. At best, the Windows default setting leads to confusion - and in some circumstances, can be dangerous. For instance, some viruses and other malware may be distributed with a "double" file extension (such as "filename.jpg.exe"). A "double" file extension is a classic danger sign. However, by default, Windows hides the true file extension ("exe"). Consequently, it appears that you have received a harmless JPEG file, instead of a potentially dangerous "exe" file. In my previous advice, I advised you to click Control Panel / Folder Options / View - and remove the check from the box labelled "Hide extensions for known file types". I still recommend that you to perform that simple step, even though you have resolved the particular problem with the font. "Annie" wrote in message ... Apologies for replying late, I've been on holiday. When I downloaded the fonts they downloaded as .ttf icons, however, when I came to install those fornts they were displaying as Irfanview Icons, ('jpeg format), I installed a trial version of *Associate This* and re associated those Irfanview Icons back to the Windows Font Viewer. I couldn't install the fonts until I had reassociated them. Anne "Richard" wrote in message ... "Annie" wrote in message ... If I change the font from a .jpeg to a .ttf it stays in .jpeg. format. If I run ...fontview.exe airstream.ttf . then the font opens as it should, but the icon remains as a .jpeg on my desktop, and not as the actual font .. (.ttf file). Hi Annie, I understand from your later messages that your problem was solved, but I'm curious about your description in the above cited message. What were you changing? Were you renaming the file from "airstream.jpeg" to "airstream.ttf" and the filename was changing to "airstream.jpeg"? (In which case fontview.exe airstream.ttf should not have worked.) Or did you mean that only the icon graphic itself looked like a jpeg icon, not the font one? (Thanks in advance. --Richard P.S. Something else to check: In Control Panel, open Folder Options, click View tab. In Advanced settings, see if there is a checkmark befo Hide extensions for known file types If so, I recommend you UN-check that. With extensions hidden, you might receive a file called "FamilyPics.jpg" attached to an email, that is really "FamilyPics.jpg.exe" which, instead of opening in a graphics viewer, begins to execute some nasty virus, trojan or worm program. - - - |
#36
|
|||
|
|||
Font problem
Hi Anne,
Your same day reply was not late on my end. (I'm the slow poke. But my 7 days late reply arrived just in time for your return from holiday. Thanks for clarifying what was done. (See FYI at bottom of this message.) (Be happy, be Very Happy. --Richard "Annie" wrote in message ... Apologies for replying late, I've been on holiday. When I downloaded the fonts they downloaded as .ttf icons, however, when I came to install those fornts they were displaying as Irfanview Icons, ('jpeg format), I installed a trial version of *Associate This* and re associated those Irfanview Icons back to the Windows Font Viewer. I couldn't install the fonts until I had reassociated them. Anne "Richard" wrote in message ... "Annie" wrote in message ... If I change the font from a .jpeg to a .ttf it stays in .jpeg. format. If I run ...fontview.exe airstream.ttf . then the font opens as it should, but the icon remains as a .jpeg on my desktop, and not as the actual font .. (.ttf file). Hi Annie, I understand from your later messages that your problem was solved, but I'm curious about your description in the above cited message. What were you changing? Were you renaming the file from "airstream.jpeg" to "airstream.ttf" and the filename was changing to "airstream.jpeg"? (In which case fontview.exe airstream.ttf should not have worked.) Or did you mean that only the icon graphic itself looked like a jpeg icon, not the font one? (Thanks in advance. --Richard P.S. Something else to check: In Control Panel, open Folder Options, click View tab. In Advanced settings, see if there is a checkmark befo Hide extensions for known file types If so, I recommend you UN-check that. With extensions hidden, you might receive a file called "FamilyPics.jpg" attached to an email, that is really "FamilyPics.jpg.exe" which, instead of opening in a graphics viewer, begins to execute some nasty virus, trojan or worm program. - - - FYI: Usenet newsgroups are plain text groups. Your Outlook Express is using "Quoted Printable" format with HTML for messages. That causes problems with some newsreaders. - - - Proper Outlook Express settings for newsgroups: Click Tools, click Options, click Send (tab) Under News Sending Format, select Plain Text To the right of that, click Plain Text Settings (button) Under Message format, click Uuencode Click OK, click OK. - - - Setting up Outlook Express to access Microsoft newsgroups http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/ou...snewreader.htm Outlook Express newsgroup: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...xpress.general - - - |
#37
|
|||
|
|||
Font problem
I rarely use a NewsGroup, and my settings are set for me to make and use
Outlook Express Stationery, but I do see the point you're making, and I thank you for pointing the matter out to me. Anne "Richard" wrote in message ... Hi Anne, Your same day reply was not late on my end. (I'm the slow poke. But my 7 days late reply arrived just in time for your return from holiday. Thanks for clarifying what was done. (See FYI at bottom of this message.) (Be happy, be Very Happy. --Richard "Annie" wrote in message ... Apologies for replying late, I've been on holiday. When I downloaded the fonts they downloaded as .ttf icons, however, when I came to install those fornts they were displaying as Irfanview Icons, ('jpeg format), I installed a trial version of *Associate This* and re associated those Irfanview Icons back to the Windows Font Viewer. I couldn't install the fonts until I had reassociated them. Anne "Richard" wrote in message ... "Annie" wrote in message ... If I change the font from a .jpeg to a .ttf it stays in .jpeg. format. If I run ...fontview.exe airstream.ttf . then the font opens as it should, but the icon remains as a .jpeg on my desktop, and not as the actual font .. (.ttf file). Hi Annie, I understand from your later messages that your problem was solved, but I'm curious about your description in the above cited message. What were you changing? Were you renaming the file from "airstream.jpeg" to "airstream.ttf" and the filename was changing to "airstream.jpeg"? (In which case fontview.exe airstream.ttf should not have worked.) Or did you mean that only the icon graphic itself looked like a jpeg icon, not the font one? (Thanks in advance. --Richard P.S. Something else to check: In Control Panel, open Folder Options, click View tab. In Advanced settings, see if there is a checkmark befo Hide extensions for known file types If so, I recommend you UN-check that. With extensions hidden, you might receive a file called "FamilyPics.jpg" attached to an email, that is really "FamilyPics.jpg.exe" which, instead of opening in a graphics viewer, begins to execute some nasty virus, trojan or worm program. - - - FYI: Usenet newsgroups are plain text groups. Your Outlook Express is using "Quoted Printable" format with HTML for messages. That causes problems with some newsreaders. - - - Proper Outlook Express settings for newsgroups: Click Tools, click Options, click Send (tab) Under News Sending Format, select Plain Text To the right of that, click Plain Text Settings (button) Under Message format, click Uuencode Click OK, click OK. - - - Setting up Outlook Express to access Microsoft newsgroups http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/ou...snewreader.htm Outlook Express newsgroup: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...xpress.general - - - |
#38
|
|||
|
|||
Font problem
You're welcome.
--Richard "Annie" wrote in message ... I rarely use a NewsGroup, and my settings are set for me to make and use Outlook Express Stationery, but I do see the point you're making, and I thank you for pointing the matter out to me. Anne "Richard" wrote in message ... Hi Anne, Your same day reply was not late on my end. (I'm the slow poke. But my 7 days late reply arrived just in time for your return from holiday. Thanks for clarifying what was done. (See FYI at bottom of this message.) (Be happy, be Very Happy. --Richard "Annie" wrote in message ... Apologies for replying late, I've been on holiday. When I downloaded the fonts they downloaded as .ttf icons, however, when I came to install those fornts they were displaying as Irfanview Icons, ('jpeg format), I installed a trial version of *Associate This* and re associated those Irfanview Icons back to the Windows Font Viewer. I couldn't install the fonts until I had reassociated them. Anne "Richard" wrote in message ... "Annie" wrote in message ... If I change the font from a .jpeg to a .ttf it stays in .jpeg. format. If I run ...fontview.exe airstream.ttf . then the font opens as it should, but the icon remains as a .jpeg on my desktop, and not as the actual font .. (.ttf file). Hi Annie, I understand from your later messages that your problem was solved, but I'm curious about your description in the above cited message. What were you changing? Were you renaming the file from "airstream.jpeg" to "airstream.ttf" and the filename was changing to "airstream.jpeg"? (In which case fontview.exe airstream.ttf should not have worked.) Or did you mean that only the icon graphic itself looked like a jpeg icon, not the font one? (Thanks in advance. --Richard P.S. Something else to check: In Control Panel, open Folder Options, click View tab. In Advanced settings, see if there is a checkmark befo Hide extensions for known file types If so, I recommend you UN-check that. With extensions hidden, you might receive a file called "FamilyPics.jpg" attached to an email, that is really "FamilyPics.jpg.exe" which, instead of opening in a graphics viewer, begins to execute some nasty virus, trojan or worm program. - - - FYI: Usenet newsgroups are plain text groups. Your Outlook Express is using "Quoted Printable" format with HTML for messages. That causes problems with some newsreaders. - - - Proper Outlook Express settings for newsgroups: Click Tools, click Options, click Send (tab) Under News Sending Format, select Plain Text To the right of that, click Plain Text Settings (button) Under Message format, click Uuencode Click OK, click OK. - - - Setting up Outlook Express to access Microsoft newsgroups http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/ou...snewreader.htm Outlook Express newsgroup: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...xpress.general - - - |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|