I am in Win3.1 (: yet I *DO* have a list of correct font names to try and correctly rename the font files I 'recovered' using norton UnErase - if I can't reinstall my fonts using this method then Control Panel > Fonts > Add ... I will try to copy *.fot and copy *.ttf from my "back-up" computer to zip floppy then Control Panel > Fonts > Add> Select All thanks for all your help! Andy [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, Scott McNay wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > > > I *do* have something called a TrueType font installer that came with my > > Canon printer... can I use this to reinstall my fonts?? > > This installs the custom fonts that came with the printer. If you installed > it before, do it again, and it'll restore those fonts. > > > > I *do* have a back-up computer *with* all of the fonts in question > > installed and working properly... is there a way I could copy and > > transfer these much in the way I did (those) .DLL files?? > > > If you don't feel too uncomfortable with using the DOS prompt, you can do > this: > > On the other computer, click on Start > Programs > DOS Prompt. You should > get a window with a C:\> prompt or something similar. Then, type this: > > MD \MYFONTS > COPY \WINDOWS\FONTS\*.* \MYFONTS > > (you should see a list of file names going by. Wait for it to finish) > > EXIT > > You should now be back in Windows, and you should be able to look at > C:\MYFONTS, which should appear to contain ordinary files. You can now copy > them to floppy or however you plan to move them. I think you can then just > plop them into C:\WINDOWS\FONTS on the ailing system. If the system won't > let you just plop them in, then make a C:\MYFONTS directory and plop them > into there, then go to the DOS shell again and type this: > > COPY \MYFONTS\*.* \WINDOWS\FONTS > EXIT > > You may need to restart the computer. > > --Scott. > DOS TCP/IP * <URL:http://www.ncf.ca/~ag221/dosppp.html> "*Every*! child is gifted." please visit: <URL:http://www.reusers.org> ( my story ) also please visit: <URL:http://eop.com/recruiting-cd.html> lists companies actively recruiting professionals with disabilities please visit: <URL:http://worldcrr.org/kiosks.htm> or call Dr. Poe at: (USA) 1-775-829-1799 get (donated computer) kiosks for *your* country! also please visit: <URL:http://www.eff.org> (where I hope to work one day) Linux for old PCs: <URL:http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~ichi> "If life wasn't a challenge, it wouldn't be worth living." :) "If I am I because I am I, and you are you because you are you, then I am and you are ...... But, if I am I because you are you, and you are you because I am I, then I am not, and you are not." - Rabbi Mendel in 1971 "Freedom is a light for which many men died for in darkness" - To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
