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Font substitution problem
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Recently I have instaled some software. After rebooting I noticed that look of Windows was changed: fonts of title bars, menus, icons, toolbar were changed into Arial (at least it looks like). Desktop properties shows that font is MS Sans Serif as it was before. Changing fonts did not help. Uninstall did not help. I have searched the whole registry for words 'Arial' and 'Sans' and did not found anything unusual. I think that install changed the registry and now NT substitutes Sans Serif with other font: Arial. Another reason may be that install changed the font so that NT can't work with codepage it worked before. How can I handle this and return to my favorite look of NT?
Thanks in advance
Recently I have instaled some software. After rebooting I noticed that look of Windows was changed: fonts of title bars, menus, icons, toolbar were changed into Arial (at least it looks like). Desktop properties shows that font is MS Sans Serif as it was before. Changing fonts did not help. Uninstall did not help. I have searched the whole registry for words 'Arial' and 'Sans' and did not found anything unusual. I think that install changed the registry and now NT substitutes Sans Serif with other font: Arial. Another reason may be that install changed the font so that NT can't work with codepage it worked before. How can I handle this and return to my favorite look of NT?
Thanks in advance
Oeps, I don't have see good... In your Font directory have you there the font MS Sans Serif???
Go to control panel fonts see if you have true tyupe fonts .. See if that checkbox is disabled...
Mario
Go to control panel fonts see if you have true tyupe fonts .. See if that checkbox is disabled...
Mario
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Hi Mario
1) Yes, I have MS Sans Serif font installed
2) Checkbox you are talking about is disabled
3) I can change the font in Desktop properties into any true type font and it works. But if I change into not true type font then it shows like the same Arial (no matter which font I choose).
Looks like NT allows to use only true type fonts for desktop.
1) Yes, I have MS Sans Serif font installed
2) Checkbox you are talking about is disabled
3) I can change the font in Desktop properties into any true type font and it works. But if I change into not true type font then it shows like the same Arial (no matter which font I choose).
Looks like NT allows to use only true type fonts for desktop.
What if you reinstall the Service pack...
Mario
Mario
ASKER
Reinstalling is an option but after installing SP5 I have installed a lot of software and I don't want to lose anything. Probably there is a way to fix it all by changing registry and/or some dlls or font files.
You can begin to reinstall the Sans Serif font...and see...
Mario
Mario
ASKER
Funny thing: QuickView shows fonts
sseriff.fon and sserife.fon as Arial.
On the other PC with the same configuration it shows MS Sans Serif.
How can it be if these files do not contain word 'Arial' at all?
sseriff.fon and sserife.fon as Arial.
On the other PC with the same configuration it shows MS Sans Serif.
How can it be if these files do not contain word 'Arial' at all?
I don't know but take the fonts from the other PC and install these in place of the two that you have now...I think that the problems are gone..
Mario
Mario
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No, problems not gone because font files are exactly the same. I don't think that the font files make a problem. It's rather registry problem.
Look in the registry on FontMapper...is there a entry for MS SANS SERIF??
This must be the value 1000...
Mario
This must be the value 1000...
Mario
Also there must be in HK_Local_Machine\software\
Value name:
MS Serif 8,10,12,14,18,24 (VGA res)
Value data:
SERIFE.FON
AND
Value Name:
MS Sans Serif 8,10,12,14,18,24 (VGA res)
Value Data
SSERIFE.FON
Mario
Value name:
MS Serif 8,10,12,14,18,24 (VGA res)
Value data:
SERIFE.FON
AND
Value Name:
MS Sans Serif 8,10,12,14,18,24 (VGA res)
Value Data
SSERIFE.FON
Mario
ASKER
At last I found the cure : SP6a.
It also fixed some other small but annoying NT bugs.
However I didn't found the cause of my problem.
Thanks for trying to help. Good luck.
Post any answer and I'll give you some points.
It also fixed some other small but annoying NT bugs.
However I didn't found the cause of my problem.
Thanks for trying to help. Good luck.
Post any answer and I'll give you some points.
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