Italics has stopped working on TNT font

[Jim]

Suddenly italics has stopped working for Times New Roman font. It continues
to work on other fonts. All other font characteristics continue to work on
Times New Roman - bold, bold italics. But when I try to italicize, it
switches to what appears to be an un-italicized arial font.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Make sure that the italic variant of the font is still installed and not
damaged.

 

[Jim]

Yes, I checked the fonts folder and the italics file date has not changed
since the original 2003 installation. It acts like it is being redirected,
but I can't find how.

 

[Jim]

Wait a minute. I opened the font file and it has been corrupted. Now I have
tried reinstalling using MS's recommended way of running setup again, but get
a msg saying the XP version I am running is more current than the one on
disk. What do I do? Run it anyway?

Thanks.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I'm guessing you're going to get better advice on this in a Windows XP NG.
In Office, you can install things selectively (including fonts) by doing a
"repair" or "change" install; perhaps there's something like that in
Windows. If you do reinstall the older version in toto, then you're going to
have to go online and download a slew of updates. I wouldn't recommend that.
If you have access to another machine that has an undamaged copy of the
font, I would just copy it from one machine to the other (using removable
media or by emailing the file).

 

[Jim]

Unfortunately I panicked and reinstalled xp and now am suffering the
consequences. Your ideas, both of them, are so much better. Wish I had waited
for you!
Thanks,
Jim

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Sorry I wasn't quicker!

 

[Jim]

You were a big help, though. Thanks, Suzanne.
Jim

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Thanks. It just makes my head ache to think about downloading (or even
applying) all the updates. Hope you have a fast connection or TechNet!