Thanks Syed, but just before I got your message I solved the problem. After several hours of messing around with fonts, Windows, system restore, etc. I happened to do a search on the laptop in question (Dell E6500) and found that this is a known problem with drivers for recent NVIDIA graphics cards. The solution is at http://laptopvideo2go.com/drivers/xp/178.15.
David Boss Communications -- Technical writing/communications/photography mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] www.bosscommunications.com Phone 416-704-1839 / Fax 416-946-1330 / Mississauga ON > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: November 13, 2008 1:27 AM > To: David Boss; [email protected] > Subject: RE: Fonts won't install > > > I moved to a new PC recently and now find that I can't install any > type 1 > > or opentype fonts. I get a message that "the font file may be > damaged". The > > files were copied from my old PC so I know they are fine. Windows XP > SP3 (no > > choice as that's what Dell provided). Any ideas? Please copy direct > to > me as > > I am on digest. > > Just a thought: they may indeed be damaged - depending on how you did > the copy of the files from the old PC. > > I'd suggest taking the font files from the new PC *back* to the old PC > and compare bit-for-bit (maybe in a DOS window using "fc") to the files > that are, I hope, still there. > > If this passes, then you know that it is not the source of the problem. > If it does not, then the font files may indeed have been corrupted > during the copy. > > Z _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
