Disappearing Fonts

[Jim Wood]

I wonder if there's something strange going on with Microsoft Updates or
something. My wife's XP machine and my Vista/64 system both are having
font-loss problems concurrently... and we don't even share a network. Those
fonts in the system's installed list shown beside an image of an 'O' are
unaffected, but older 'TT' (TrueType) fonts are disappearing from the system
font list. We happen to store all our fonts in another 'safety' folder, and
I can point the font installation utility to a font in that folder and click
Install. Then I get a message that the font is already there, and sure
enough when I go back to check, it's there. Then Word or whatever can find
it fine. Anyone know what's going on?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Have you tried reinstalling your printer drivers on each machine?

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After furious head scratching, Jim Wood asked:

| I wonder if there's something strange going on with Microsoft Updates
| or something. My wife's XP machine and my Vista/64 system both are
| having font-loss problems concurrently... and we don't even share a
| network. Those fonts in the system's installed list shown beside an
| image of an 'O' are unaffected, but older 'TT' (TrueType) fonts are
| disappearing from the system font list. We happen to store all our
| fonts in another 'safety' folder, and I can point the font
| installation utility to a font in that folder and click Install.
| Then I get a message that the font is already there, and sure enough
| when I go back to check, it's there. Then Word or whatever can find
| it fine. Anyone know what's going on?