Font Installation automation

[wjr]

We have an installer for our software which copies our custom font into

c:\windows\fonts\. It seems that Word 2003 (perhaps others) doesn't see

the font right away. Opening the font file by browsing to the file in

windows explorer and right click->open, seems to trigger word to see the

font.



I guess my question, is there something the install application or an

install script (in some cases) has to run to register the font?

 

[St]

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> We have an installer for our software which copies our custom font into

> c:\windows\fonts\. It seems that Word 2003 (perhaps others) doesn't see

> the font right away. Opening the font file by browsing to the file in

> windows explorer and right click->open, seems to trigger word to see the

> font.

>

> I guess my question, is there something the install application or an

> install script (in some cases) has to run to register the font?



AddFontResource?

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd183326(VS.85).aspx

 

[Andrew E.]

Microsoft has some font tools & extensions,try this link.

http://www.microsoft.com/typography/FreeToolsOverview.mspx

Also,scroll to tools/SDKs,you'll find other font add-ons.



"wjr" wrote:



> We have an installer for our software which copies our custom font into

> c:\windows\fonts\. It seems that Word 2003 (perhaps others) doesn't see

> the font right away. Opening the font file by browsing to the file in

> windows explorer and right click->open, seems to trigger word to see the

> font.

>

> I guess my question, is there something the install application or an

> install script (in some cases) has to run to register the font?

> .

>