how install fonts

[glent]

do u need that regestry setting for every font you put in the $OEM$ $$ Fonts folder?

or is that setting specific to the people that want a certain font as their default font?

I hope not a dont really want type 1200ish entry's

[eagle00789]

i'm sorry to say this then, but yes, u must do this for every font that you add

[nickctn]

Or to save yourself the trouble of typing everything yourself, just export the registry settings from a computer that already has all the fonts installed then use that .reg file in your unattended install.

[eagle00789]

As a new question, related to this one: Is it possible to compress the fonts when they are in $OEM$\$$\Fonts with MakeCab, and will windows automaticly extract them?

[glent]

Or to save yourself the trouble of typing everything yourself, just export the registry settings from a computer that already has all the fonts installed then use that .reg file in your unattended install.

perfect thanks!

[glent]

I tried this method

"Or to save yourself the trouble of typing everything yourself, just export the registry settings from a computer that already has all the fonts installed then use that .reg file in your unattended install. "

but didnt work .i exported the followinfg file for my current registry after installing them

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts

the file looked like this

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts]
"10.15 Saturday Night -BRK- (TrueType)"="1015sn.ttf"
"10.15 Saturday Night [R] -BRK- (TrueType)"="1015snr.ttf"
"10 Minutes (TrueType)"="10MINUTES.TTF"
"14 minutes sharp (TrueType)"="14minute.ttf"
"1900.80.5 (TrueType)"="1900805.ttf"
"1979 (TrueType)"="1979.ttf"
"1980 Portable (TrueType)"="1980PORT.TTF"
"20.000 dollar bail (TrueType)"="20.000DOLLARBAIL.TTF"
"20th Centenary Faux (TrueType)"="20thfaux.ttf"
"256 Bytes (TrueType)"="256BYTES.TTF"
"2 Prong Tree (TrueType)"="2PROT___.TTF"
"2Tech (TrueType)"="2TECH2.TTF"
etc

Im using a self extracting archioze and they all copy in the windows\font folder fine.bu the fonts are not listed in notepad,wordpad etc i also tried a key like this but neither of them worked

from regshot

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts\10.15 Saturday Night -BRK- (TrueType): "1015sn.ttf"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts\10.15 Saturday Night [R] -BRK- (TrueType): "1015snr.ttf"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts\10 Minutes (TrueType): "10MINUTES.TTF"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts\14 minutes sharp (TrueType): "14minute.ttf"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts\1900.80.5 (TrueType): "1900805.ttf"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts\1979 (TrueType): "1979.ttf"

[mazin]

As a new question, related to this one: Is it possible to compress the fonts when they are in $OEM$\$$\Fonts with MakeCab, and will windows automaticly extract them?

This would be the best solution, if possible.

[eagle00789]

As a new question, related to this one: Is it possible to compress the fonts when they are in $OEM$\$$\Fonts with MakeCab, and will windows automaticly extract them?

This would be the best solution, if possible.

I just tried it: i packed all the fonts with makecab (All seperate files, also the resulting packed files are all separate), imported the registry keys at first boot, and it works like a charm.

[eagle00789]

For others to see, i attached my fonts.reg file (36Kb) to this post, so that everone can see how their .reg file for the font's should look like

fonts.reg

[glent]

thank you! gonna try now

[Bâshrat the Sneaky]

How much space did you save?

[eagle00789]

i have added about 40 Mb of unpacked fonts, and was able to reduce that to about 19 Mb, so it's about 50 percent space saved

[mazin]

I just tried it: i packed all the fonts with makecab (All seperate files, also the resulting packed files are all separate), imported the registry keys at first boot, and it works like a charm.

I imagine you've done the following steps:

1- Put all font files inside a folder.

2- Create a CMD file and put it inside that folder, too. The CMD contains this line:

for %%i in (*.ttf) do makecab "%%i"
del *.ttf /y

3- After running the CMD, all font files are cabbed (compressed), their extension changes from .ttf to .tt_, and the total size decreases by about 50%.

Right?

Where, in your unattended CD, did you put the cabbed files?

Edited August 26, 2004 by mazin

[glent]

Ive used the compression bin by JCARLE ;i have them in c:\XPCD\$OEM$\$$\Fonts

Installing now ,see how it goes

[mazin]

Ive used the compression bin by JCARLE ;i have them in c:\XPCD\\$OEM$\$$\Fonts

Installing now ,see how it goes

I just wondered how Windows could install them automatically while they were compressed!