Installing Type 1 fonts to Win 7

Gábor Fodor

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    • July 23, 2015 at 6:26 am #76804
      Gábor Fodor
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      I would be very thankful if somebody could solve the mystery.
      I tried to install Type 1 fonts to Win 7. First I copied the pfm and pfb files into the Windows/Fonts library. It did not work. The system does not show these fonts. Second I right clicked on the pfm files, the install option did not show up, so that was another dead-end street. Third I installed a font manager program but happened the same, the fonts did not appear in the system and in InDesign as well. Could somebody tell me what is the problem. What did I overlooked?

      Thanks in advance.

      Gab

    • July 23, 2015 at 12:37 pm #76848
      pnamajck
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      i haven’t had the pleasure of working much within the win-7 environment … but seems there is a world of hurt out there when it comes to postscript-fonts and win-7. have a read for yourself, gabor … perhaps some insight may come for you:

      https://www.fonts.com/support/faq/install-postscript-fonts-windows-7
      https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1485771
      https://forums.adobe.com/message/2945999

    • July 24, 2015 at 12:47 am #76850
      Chris Thompson
      Member

      Do they work if you put them (both PFB and PFM) in the Document Fonts folder for your InDesign files?

      Chris.

    • July 24, 2015 at 3:24 am #76852
      Gábor Fodor
      Member

      Pnamajck: Thank you for your answer, but no success any of theses pages. Maybe the reinstall would solve the problem. But too much of a hassle for me, ’cause I have an urgent work to do.

      ThompsonText: I don’t know which folder you mean. Is it the directory of the publication ?

    • July 24, 2015 at 5:53 am #76854
      Chris Thompson
      Member

      Yes, you make a folder named Document fonts (exactly like that) at the same level as the publication, and put fonts dedicated to the publication in there. See also here: https://creativepro.com/document-fonts-work.php

      I’ve had ancient fonts that worked with InDesign from this folder, but not in the normal system font folders. That was on a Mac though, but it seems that InDeisgn bypasses the operating system for fonts stored in this special folder.

      Chris.

    • July 27, 2015 at 1:21 am #76900
      Gábor Fodor
      Member

      Thank you I will try that. Maybe the last chance.

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