CM fonts on Windows XP

[Dimotakis, Paul E.]

Dan, Christina, and Mimi,

Somehow, the font environment in my XP machine was different (I did not
have to delete fonts, or edit the registry -- nothing there).  I did
install the fonts as indicated below, however, and Y&Y TeX now works.

Merry Christmas and many thanks to all for the help!
Paul D.

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Paul E. Dimotakis
John K. Northrop Professor of Aeronautics
  and Professor of Applied Physics
Caltech 301-46
Tel/Fax: (626) 395-4456/-4447
E-mail:  dimotakis at caltech.edu

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lang, Daniel B.
> Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 5:56 PM
> To: 'Techsupport at yandy.com'
> Cc: Dimotakis, Paul E.
> Subject: RE: CM fonts on Windows XP
>
>
> Hello Christina & Mimi,
>
> Thanks for your replies!
>
> I think the problem was created when I ran the w2kfonts.exe
> application when I installed TeX.  It appears to have created
> the original zero length CM*.pfm files.
>
> When I tried to re-install the fonts by dragging them, it did
> not re-install over the corrupted fonts.  Also, I was not able
> to delete the fonts in Windows Explorer.  I could delete the
> fonts in the command prompt but they would re-appear after a
> short period of time.
>
> What I finally wound up doing is:
>
> 1) I ran regedit and navigated to
>    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\
>        CurrentVersion\Type 1 Installer\Type 1 Fonts]
>    and deleted all the CM* font entries.
>
> 2) From the command prompt, I deleted all the CM* entries
>    in the C:\windows\fonts directory.
>
> 3) I immediately rebooted the system to make sure the old
>    fonts were gone for good.
>
> 4) From Windows Explorer, I navigated to C:\Windows\Fonts
>    and clicked on File -> Install New Fonts at the top of
>    window.  In the Add Fonts pop-up box, I browsed to the
>    CM folder.  I then selected all the fonts and typed OK.
>    At this point, the fonts were installed successfully.
>    Dragging the fonts directly may have worked but the
>    w2kfonts.exe does not.
>
> Thanks very much!
>
> Daniel Lang
>
> P.S.  Paul, try this procedure on your computer and let me
> know if it works.