installing fonts
Mark Talluto
revlists at canelasoftware.com
Mon Apr 26 13:46:55 EDT 2004
On Apr 23, 2004, at 8:33 AM, Chris Sheffield wrote:
> How can I install fonts on a user's machine? On Windows, I'm assuming
> I can
> just copy my .ttf file to the fonts folder. Does it need to be
> registered
> with the system somehow, or does just copying the file take care of
> it? Is
> a restart required?
I used to just copy the .ttf files over to the user's font folder. For
many of my users, this worked just fine. For others, when they
restarted their systems, the fonts would no longer show up in their
applications font menus. The fonts would still be in their folders
though. I suppose a registry setting was needed.
To fix this, I use an installer (Install Creator from
www.clickteam.com) to install the fonts. Because I wanted to control
this from a rev app, I put the installer created by IC into a custom
property in my rev app. My rev app spits out the installer, runs it,
then deletes it when the install is done. This works very well for me.
>
> On Mac OS 9 I'm assuming I just copy the font suitcase to the Fonts
> folder
> in the system folder. Is a restart required?
Most of the time, a restart is not needed. Users will have to restart
their apps for sure though for the fonts to be available.
>
> And I'm not sure what to do for OS X. Again, I'm assuming I should
> copy the
> font to the Fonts folder, but how do I actually install or register
> it. Or
> do you just have to restart the computer? Maybe an Applescript of some
> kind?
I do the same thing here as I do with os 9. Install them into their
fonts folder. Restarting is usually not needed. Apps need to be
restarted though.
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Best regards,
Mark Talluto
http://www.canelasoftware.com
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