Font folder in Windows Vista/7

I just want to make sure, but is the font folder in Windows 7 and in Vista still "C:\WINDOWS\fonts" ?

If not, or if it's changeable, is there an available ENVAR that will point me there?

Kaslai

Posted 2011-04-01T00:42:06.767

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Answers

To my knowledge it's still at that location. Are you having problems installing fonts?

n0pe

Posted 2011-04-01T00:42:06.767

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Alright thank you. No, I have an application which depends on fonts, and few free fonts have Unicode glyphs, so I want to use the wide array provided by Microsoft, but I can't redistribute Windows fonts. So, I decided to peek in to the fonts folder and use a font there, defaulting to a free font if it's not there. Thanks, and I'll accept when it lets me =p – Kaslai – 2011-04-01T00:52:49.173

Hehehe no problem glad to help :) – n0pe – 2011-04-01T00:57:54.613

You should use %windir%\Fonts in case the local installation of Windows is not in C:\Windows.

Gaff

Posted 2011-04-01T00:42:06.767

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They are still there. Fonts can be installed outside of that directory by checking an option in control panel -> font settings, but even then you install the fonts by placing a shortcut in the fonts folder.

Chris Sobolewski

Posted 2011-04-01T00:42:06.767

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Great advice but what are the steps for doing this. This is like giving a little child a candy in a wrapper that they cant open. Unfortunately many forums are like this, only half of the solution is given or people post a problem but there is no FIX shown.

Becomes a total waste of time, I avoid most forums and answer sites for this reason. Frustrating to say the least.

Try This(worked for me) Start:Run: copy "%windir%\Fonts" from above and paste it into the open box and click ok. Sends you to Add Fonts Under folders (c:\windows\fonts) Click on Fonts Folder. list of fonts box will now populate. Find the font you want and click on install

Wayne Fleury

Posted 2011-04-01T00:42:06.767

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