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Hi guys,
Unfortunately, none of the previous answers solves my problem.
I try to install fonts. According to Windows that also works but I cannot see the installed fonts in the Windows Fonts folder and neither do they show up in Illustrator.
When I copy a font file into the Windows Fonts folder it says "The "xxxxxx" font is already installed. Do you want to replace it?" - I click yes, but still - the font does not show.
It's not a problem of the font file as it was working previously. Same happens to hundreds of other fonts. Says they are installed but they don't show and they are not selectable in other applications.
Thanks for your help!
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I’ve been having a similar problem as well. I’m just throwing in the info that I found on other forums, but it looks like it’s a problem with the font family name. I downloaded font forge and tried to mess around with it but still couldn’t get it to work but I think that’s where the issue is. Atleast for me. Hope thats helpful and if someone has a guide to naming font families feel free to share it!
Not sure if this was solved yet... but just had same problem. I managed to fix it by installing a file search tool (Everything by Void Tools) and searching for "FontName .ttf". There's a space between the name and the extension (it pattern matches).
There was an additional ttf installed that had the typeface name followed by a "_0" (or was it an _1 ?). It's as if windows had installed two copies of the font. It was in C:/Users/Username/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/Fonts".
It gave me the 'in use by system' warning, but a reboot allowed me to delete it. For good measure I also searched the registry for the font file name and removed any entries. After this the font was removed properly and when I reinstalled the font again it showed up properly.
It's really kind of sickening that so many of us have had this problem, and yet MS support doesn't seem to care.
I've tried every suggestion in this thread, and still cannot install a font, even though windows always thinks it has installed the font. It shows up in the fonts folder, it shows registered as a font, but none of them ever show up in any programs.
EDIT: I FOUND A WAY THAT WORKS FOR ME!!!!
Short Answer: You need to copy your font file to c:\windows\fonts while using admin privledges. I did this while using an elevated command prompt, and a "Copy fontfile.ttf c:\windows\font"
Long Answer: Okay, this is annoying, but I think I figured it out. This is a little advanced but works 100% of the time
IF YOU DO NOT OPEN THE COMMAND PROMPT WITH ADMIN ACCESS, THIS MOST LIKELY WILL NOT WORK, BUT WILL SAY IT DID.
cd\fonts (Then Press Enter)
copy *.* c:\windows\fonts (Then Press Enter)
(Advanced note: If you know how to navigate DOS, you can do this a number of different ways, just make sure you have an elevated prompt, and use a copy command to get the font files into c:\windows\fonts directly )
That's it. You're done. Open word, or illustrator, or something, and see if the font file showed up.
I feel the same way. And I‘m sure we are just the tip of the iceberg. There must be thousands of people having this issue, maybe found our thread and sadly needed to realize that so far no solution has been working.
Is there a way to get this issue directly to MS?
While you were typing your reply, I was editing mine. See if my solution works for you!
