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- DOCUMENT:Q110815 01-FEB-1994 [W_NT]
- TITLE :Font Installer Doesn't Find Non-TrueType Compressed Fonts
- PRODUCT :Windows NT
- PROD/VER:3.10
- OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
- KEYWORDS:ENDUSER
-
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- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
- - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
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-
- SYMPTOMS
- ========
-
- When you use the Fonts applet in Control Panel to add additional fonts, you
- don't have the option to install any compressed non-TrueType fonts.
-
- WORKAROUND
- ==========
-
- You can work around this problem by manually expanding the non-TrueType
- font to a location on your hard disk or a floppy disk, then choose this
- location when you install fonts from Control Panel.
-
- MORE INFORMATION
- ================
-
- Steps to Reproduce Problem
- --------------------------
-
- 1. From the Control Panel window, choose the Fonts icon.
-
- 2. Choose the Add button.
-
- 3. Select a drive and a directory that contains one or more non-TrueType
- compressed fonts. For example, choose the i386 directory from the
- Windows NT CD.
-
- After all font names have been retrieved, notice that the List of Fonts
- contains only TrueType fonts.
-
- Additional reference words: 3.10 raster vector
- KBCategory:
- KBSubCategory: ntap
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