interesting tahoma font issue

J

Jonny Block

Baseline info: XP Pro SP1 imaged workstations; Office 2003 Pro deployed
via SMS

The issue is that following a reboot after the SMS deployment, it appears
the the default Tahoma font is unavailable, and the system defaults to the
Tahoma Bold font. Anywhere the Windows shell uses "Tahoma", the font is
bolded (desktop icons, message boxes, etc.).

Various troubleshooting steps have led me to the solution: simply reinstall
the existing Tahoma font from the C:\Windows\Fonts folder and reboot.
Everything comes back up correctly. No need to install from another
location - it's already there in the folder (it's even listed in the
Control Panel/Fonts dialog). It just seems like there's a misregistration
or something causing the font to not be seen by the system.

Any thoughts? Thanks!
JonnyB
 
G

george

I've had a similar issue in the past, i.e. corrupted font(s).
Because that's what they are, corrupted, somehow.
I resorted to ninstalling them from the Fonts folder and making sure the
corresponding file(s) is(are) gone from the Fonts folder too.
I then copied the needed files from the install CD and expanded them into s
seperate directory on disk. (expand filename.tt_ filename.ttf)
The went into the Fonts folder and File | Install New Font and pointed to
that directory. It listed the fonts found there, selected them all and
installed.
Rebooted the system and all was well again.

hth
George
 
G

george

I've had a similar issue in the past, i.e. corrupted font(s).
Because that's what they are, corrupted, somehow.
I resorted to ninstalling them from the Fonts folder and making sure the
corresponding file(s) is(are) gone from the Fonts folder too.
I then copied the needed files from the install CD and expanded them into s
seperate directory on disk. (expand filename.tt_ filename.ttf)
The went into the Fonts folder and File | Install New Font and pointed to
that directory. It listed the fonts found there, selected them all and
installed.
Rebooted the system and all was well again.

hth
George
 
G

george

I've had a similar issue in the past, i.e. corrupted font(s).
Because that's what they are, corrupted, somehow.
I resorted to ninstalling them from the Fonts folder and making sure the
corresponding file(s) is(are) gone from the Fonts folder too.
I then copied the needed files from the install CD and expanded them into s
seperate directory on disk. (expand filename.tt_ filename.ttf)
The went into the Fonts folder and File | Install New Font and pointed to
that directory. It listed the fonts found there, selected them all and
installed.
Rebooted the system and all was well again.

hth
George
 
G

george

I've had a similar issue in the past, i.e. corrupted font(s).
Because that's what they are, corrupted, somehow.
I resorted to ninstalling them from the Fonts folder and making sure the
corresponding file(s) is(are) gone from the Fonts folder too.
I then copied the needed files from the install CD and expanded them into s
seperate directory on disk. (expand filename.tt_ filename.ttf)
The went into the Fonts folder and File | Install New Font and pointed to
that directory. It listed the fonts found there, selected them all and
installed.
Rebooted the system and all was well again.

hth
George
 
G

george

I've had a similar issue in the past, i.e. corrupted font(s).
Because that's what they are, corrupted, somehow.
I resorted to ninstalling them from the Fonts folder and making sure the
corresponding file(s) is(are) gone from the Fonts folder too.
I then copied the needed files from the install CD and expanded them into s
seperate directory on disk. (expand filename.tt_ filename.ttf)
The went into the Fonts folder and File | Install New Font and pointed to
that directory. It listed the fonts found there, selected them all and
installed.
Rebooted the system and all was well again.

hth
George
 
G

george

I've had a similar issue in the past, i.e. corrupted font(s).
Because that's what they are, corrupted, somehow.
I resorted to ninstalling them from the Fonts folder and making sure the
corresponding file(s) is(are) gone from the Fonts folder too.
I then copied the needed files from the install CD and expanded them into s
seperate directory on disk. (expand filename.tt_ filename.ttf)
The went into the Fonts folder and File | Install New Font and pointed to
that directory. It listed the fonts found there, selected them all and
installed.
Rebooted the system and all was well again.

hth
George
 
G

george

I've had a similar issue in the past, i.e. corrupted font(s).
Because that's what they are, corrupted, somehow.
I resorted to ninstalling them from the Fonts folder and making sure the
corresponding file(s) is(are) gone from the Fonts folder too.
I then copied the needed files from the install CD and expanded them into s
seperate directory on disk. (expand filename.tt_ filename.ttf)
The went into the Fonts folder and File | Install New Font and pointed to
that directory. It listed the fonts found there, selected them all and
installed.
Rebooted the system and all was well again.

hth
George
 
G

george

I've had a similar issue in the past, i.e. corrupted font(s).
Because that's what they are, corrupted, somehow.
I resorted to ninstalling them from the Fonts folder and making sure the
corresponding file(s) is(are) gone from the Fonts folder too.
I then copied the needed files from the install CD and expanded them into s
seperate directory on disk. (expand filename.tt_ filename.ttf)
The went into the Fonts folder and File | Install New Font and pointed to
that directory. It listed the fonts found there, selected them all and
installed.
Rebooted the system and all was well again.

hth
George
 
G

george

I've had a similar issue in the past, i.e. corrupted font(s).
Because that's what they are, corrupted, somehow.
I resorted to ninstalling them from the Fonts folder and making sure the
corresponding file(s) is(are) gone from the Fonts folder too.
I then copied the needed files from the install CD and expanded them into s
seperate directory on disk. (expand filename.tt_ filename.ttf)
The went into the Fonts folder and File | Install New Font and pointed to
that directory. It listed the fonts found there, selected them all and
installed.
Rebooted the system and all was well again.

hth
George
 

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