Universal Font Fix

If you are having one of those calls where fonts on the screen don’t look normal, and or the close window check boxes are messed up, and or your apps aren’t showing all your fonts try these things, in order.

1) 	Make sure the default printer is set properly (i.e. not generic text only).  If need be install a “know to be OK printer driver (like HP Laserjet 4).  I find this help out when SOME of your apps only show a few fonts (apps like WINWORD.EXE and WORDPAD.EXE.)

Reboot

2) 	Delete or Rename TTFCACHE in the Windows directory, and run FONTREG.

Reboot

Back Up the Registry!!!

3) 	Delete TTFCACHE in the Windows directory and manually delete the fonts in the registry:
a) 	Run REGEDIT
b) 	HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Fonts
c) 	Select the first font below default on the right side window
d) 	Scroll all the way down on the right side window
e) 	Hold down the shift key and select the last font on the right side window
f) 	Hit the delete key
g) 	Close out of the registry

Reboot
Go to the FONTS folder in Control Panel
Count to 10
Try an app that was giving a problem

4) 	If it is still not working repeat step 3, but before the reboot rename the WIN.INI

Reboot
Go to the FONTS folder in Control Panel
Count to 10
Try an app that was giving a problem

Still not working give a mentor a call.

Written By: TSA Group    Version 1.0 Reviewed 07/24/00