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

Get TweakUI and run repair fonts.

i did that a few times and had no luck

Doesn't TweakUI Repair Fonts repair settings in the Fonts folder, not actual fonts?

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Paul D

???????? You're probably right. :+

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?

ME

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.....

is there anywhere I can download the default fonts from ?

From your cabinet files or from the ME CD.

MAC

how would i go about restoring the entire file ?

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

Thankyou very much. The problem is its saying there in use when I try to replace them

Have you tried in safe mode? MAC

>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 ?

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

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

yup all checked. Is it possible to change the default font for things other than those listed through controll panel ?

ta

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

>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?

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,

In Display Properties, try changing the Message Box Font and or Size.