Abraham, If a user follows your steps, Windows will by default put the font in a folder somewhere designated for the local user only. To install a font for all users (as one currently has to do to get Lilypond to see it), one has to right click on the font and select "run as administrator". Windows 11 adds an extra (unnecessary in my opinion) step of having to select "more options" to get to "run as administrator".
By the way, Abraham, I've used and very much enjoyed your music fonts for Lilypond over the years! Michael On Sun, Jan 16, 2022 at 12:03 AM Abraham Lee <tisimst.lilyp...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Sat, Jan 15, 2022 at 6:47 PM Michael Rivers <michaeljriv...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> That sounds exactly like the case. Would anyone happen to know how to >> install the fonts system-wide? >> > > I'm not Aaron, but this is very easy to do. However, Windows treats this > folder a bit special and, as others have suggested, the user interacts > with it differently than other normal folders. To install a font > system-wide, you first open a file explorer and navigate to > C:\Windows\Fonts, which then will show you the fonts, organized by font > family (if you double-click on any family, it will show you the individual > fonts in the family). You then simply drag+drop the font file(s) onto the > Fonts folder and Windows will pop up an "installer" dialog box, which > disappears when successful. This does more than just put the fonts in the > right folder. Windows does some other things, like doing some font file > validation to make sure it's a valid font and adding entries to the system > registry. So, I don't recommend using the command line to copy font files > into that folder, but you can do that. Windows just doesn't perform the > same functions as when you do it graphically and the font may not be found > by other applications. > > Hope that helps, > Abraham >
