OK, I'll try and answer this, but I am not 100% certain of the accuracy of all my comments...
On 24/5/04 5:06 am, "Tom Chirpich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When Entourage 2004 is first launched, it installs 77 fonts in my user > folder (by copying them from an Office:Fonts folder). I removed these > duplicated fonts from my user folder since they caused appearance problems > with another program. Can you tell us what problems you were seeing with other apps? > > Question 1: Has anyone experienced problems after removing these Office > fonts from the User folder? You shouldn't get any problems, these fonts are 'available for use', rather than insisted upon. > > Question 2: Can Entourage still use the Office fonts if they are only in > their original position in the Office:Fonts folder and not in a > User:Library:Fonts folder or in the startup disk's Library:Fonts folder? I don't believe so. This folder is where they are stored so that a 'first run' routine can install them in the correct fonts folders. > > In my limited experience, Entourage seems to work without these fonts being > in my user folder, and Entourage has so far not reinstalled these fonts from > the originals in the Applications:Microsoft Office 2004:Office:Fonts folder. It may do, if something triggers another 'first run'. > > The 77 fonts in the Office folder did not show up in Font Book until after > Entourage First Run had duplicated them to the User:tom:Library:Fonts > folder. That would be correct. > (Actually, only 69 of the 77 duplicated fonts were listed in Font > Book, with the 8 fonts designated "Windows TrueType" fonts not being shown > by Font Book. Presumably Entourage would still have recognized the presence > of these 8 fonts.) Yes, office will use windows TT fonts (I believe the compatibility is built in a system level, so all apps can use them) - not sure why fontbook doesn't list them. > > If I put the 77 fonts in the startup_disk:Library:Fonts folder, the fonts > show up in the Computer section of Font Book, and the same appearance > problem still occur in the other program. > > The appearance problem first seems to arise from one font (Cooper Black) of > the 77 duplicated fonts being used by the other program instead of whatever > font is ordinarily used by that program. (That program simply uses some, > presumably specific, font for display purposes; there is no option to > identify or change the font that the program uses.) > > Disabling all the User fonts in Font Book doesn't solve the basic font > substitution problem; with the User fonts disabled, the other program shows > a different appearance problem - apparently one of the 8 Entourage fonts > that Font Book doesn't show is then being used instead of the font > ordinarily used by the other program. -- Barry Wainwright Microsoft MVP (see http://mvp.support.microsoft.com for details) Seen the All-New Entourage Help Pages? - Check them out: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
