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johntaylorWed Jul-09-03 09:23 PM
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"~sigh~ somethings gone wrong again"


  

          

I think my fonts are corrupted or something. I'm getting little squares in programs where there should be text. See screenshot

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Bob HWed Jul-09-03 09:31 PM
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#1. "RE: ~sigh~ somethings gone wrong again"
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Get TweakUI and run repair fonts.



  

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johntaylorWed Jul-09-03 09:34 PM
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#2. "RE: ~sigh~ somethings gone wrong again"
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i did that a few times and had no luck

  

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Paul DThu Jul-10-03 11:10 PM
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#14. "RE: ~sigh~ somethings gone wrong again"
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Doesn't TweakUI Repair Fonts repair settings in the Fonts folder, not actual fonts?



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Bob HFri Jul-11-03 01:24 AM
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#15. "RE: ~sigh~ somethings gone wrong again"
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???????? You're probably right.



  

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SteveYandlWed Jul-09-03 10:34 PM
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#3. "RE: ~sigh~ somethings gone wrong again"
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You are probably running a theme or otherwise set the font for active Windows to a font that is missing or damaged. What version of Windows are you running?

  

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johntaylorWed Jul-09-03 10:49 PM
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#4. "RE: ~sigh~ somethings gone wrong again"
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ME

  

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old dudeThu Jul-10-03 04:08 AM
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#5. "RE: ~sigh~ somethings gone wrong again"
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This sometimes happens when a font is missing and is called.

You might try changing a default font for whatever is trying to write and see whether anything changes.....

  

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johntaylorThu Jul-10-03 08:42 AM
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#6. "RE: ~sigh~ somethings gone wrong again"
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is there anywhere I can download the default fonts from ?

  

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ChattanThu Jul-10-03 09:16 AM
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#7. "RE: ~sigh~ somethings gone wrong again"
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From your cabinet files or from the ME CD.

MAC

  

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johntaylorThu Jul-10-03 10:31 AM
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#8. "RE: ~sigh~ somethings gone wrong again"
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how would i go about restoring the entire file ?

  

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ChattanThu Jul-10-03 02:34 PM
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#9. "RE: ~sigh~ somethings gone wrong again"
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The easiest way is to extract them, otherwise you are into over-installing.

If you use find file and type: .CAB (*.cab in '98)

... and then, on the second line add any of the files below you will find all of these fonts in the WIN_17.CAB Folder. Just extract them with a right-click and place them into the: C:\WINDOWS\FONTS Folder.

I have 27 system fonts on this Pan-European version of ME all in C:\WINDOWS\FONTS\*.FON

Other true type fonts have a .TTF extension.

Of the 27, only 7 show, whilst the other 19 are hidden system fonts.

ALL 29 have a red A (Archive) icon.

The 20 hidden files are:

8514FIX.FON
8514OEM.FON
8541SYS.FON
APP850.FON
COURE.FON
COURF.FON
DOSSAPP.FON
MODERN.FON
SERIFE.FON
SERIFF.FON
SMALLE.FON
SMALLF.FON
SSERIFE.FON
SSERIFF.FON
SYMBOLE.FON
SYMBOLF.FON
VGA850.FON
VGAFIX.FON
VGAOEM.FON
VGASYS.FON

The 7 which show are:

WST_CZEC.FON
WST_ENGL.FON
WST_FREN.FON
WST_GERM.FON
WST_ITAL.FON
WST_SPAN.FON
WST_SWED.FON

XWCLCD.fon is for the Xerox printer, and
VIROUT.FON IS FOR AVG Grisoft Anti-Virus

I extracted the DOSSAPP.FON myself. It does not usually show since DOS was partially removed.

You should compare this with a US System.

MAC

  

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johntaylorThu Jul-10-03 06:01 PM
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#10. "RE: ~sigh~ somethings gone wrong again"
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Thankyou very much. The problem is its saying there in use when I try to replace them

  

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ChattanThu Jul-10-03 06:08 PM
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#11. "RE: ~sigh~ somethings gone wrong again"
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Have you tried in safe mode? MAC

  

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johntaylorThu Jul-10-03 09:28 PM
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#12. "RE: ~sigh~ somethings gone wrong again"
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>Have you tried in safe mode? MAC


yes, just did. still wouldnt let me.
is it possible to change the deafult path of the fonts in the reg ?

  

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johntaylorThu Jul-10-03 10:31 PM
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#13. "RE: ~sigh~ somethings gone wrong again"
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Or if not that, would deleting the file through DOS render pc unbootable or would it replace it with a new one ?

Sorry to bother everyone

  

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ChattanFri Jul-11-03 05:19 AM
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#16. "RE: ~sigh~ somethings gone wrong again"
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You will see that system fonts don't all show in the font table within the control panel.

Whatever the font is you are using is likely damaged so try changing to anything else, such as a system font which is know to be alright, until you can find the damaged one.

Have you checked to see if there is anything unchecked in msconfig, system and win .ini?

MAC

  

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johntaylorSat Jul-12-03 10:19 AM
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#17. "RE: ~sigh~ somethings gone wrong again"
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yup all checked. Is it possible to change the default font for things other than those listed through controll panel ?

ta

  

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ChattanSat Jul-12-03 11:27 AM
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#20. "RE: ~sigh~ somethings gone wrong again"
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Sat Jul-12-03 11:28 AM by Chattan

          

You should be able to change the default font as long as you don't remove any system fonts. If Windows has to it should be able to find the system fonts to "default" or revert to.

Not ... quite ... the same thing. More like DOSAPP.FON, a ... basic ... system font.

MAC

  

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HETTATLONGUNSat Jul-12-03 10:39 AM
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#18. "RE: ~sigh~ somethings gone wrong again"
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>I think my fonts are corrupted or something. I'm getting
>little squares in programs where there should be text. See
>screenshot

Where are you getting that from? IRC?

Do you get corrupted print from anywhere else? Like, if you click on the Start button, are the things on the Start Menu also corrupted?

AMD Athlon64 3000+, MSI K8T Neo-FSR, Corsair CMX512-PC3200C2, Windows XP Pro, High-Speed AOL Plus!

  

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johntaylorSat Jul-12-03 11:20 AM
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#19. "RE: ~sigh~ somethings gone wrong again"
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From IRC, Trillian, Pathfinder, Elite Force and picture it !

I used a font viewer and a few of the Ariel fonts were showing there as the blocks,

  

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therubeSat Jul-12-03 02:12 PM
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#21. "RE: ~sigh~ somethings gone wrong again"
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In Display Properties, try changing the Message Box Font and or Size.

  

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