CM fonts on Windows XP

[Christina Thiele]

Sooo ... all's somehow well that somehow ends well ;-)

And the upshot is that you have TeX working -- just before the
holidays ... ;-)


Season's Greetings to everyone on techsupport. We've been in existence
for almost a year now and it's been a pleasure to see the forum grow
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I'd also like to say that you're _all_ so kind and pleasant, esp. when
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in!

So see you all in 2004!

Ch.

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Dimotakis, Paul E. writes:
>
> 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.
>
> --------
> 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.
>