System font vista

Application Compatibility for Windows Desktop Development. Sign in to vote. Is there a better way? Tuesday, November 7, PM. Hi wbardwel, You can install system fonts in Vista however the application installing the fonts must be running in an elevated context. Matthew Braun. Thursday, November 9, PM. Wednesday, November 8, AM. I understand the Vista security model, the question was: How do you install system fonts in Vista? Is there a way to do a permanent font install for just the current user, without elevation?

Asside from virtualization which seems like a nasty hack, but maybe it is the only option. If any of the Vista docs discussed font installation specifically I wouldn't be asking this. And maybe them not discussing it is my answer, namely 'use an elevated installer'. It kind of seems like Vista's security model is 'you can't do anything unless you are administrator, and now it is really annoying to become administrator.

Wednesday, November 8, PM. Even though ClearType anti-aliasing makes text look smoother, it can also cause it to display a color cast, something that is particularly annoying in prepress. Font types that are supported by Vista Like all operating systems, Windows Vista offers applications a structured way to access system functions and data, such as fonts.

PFM and. OTF bitmap fonts. FON Old vector font format fonts typically. FON as well. OTF 3. OTF A new composite font file format that is used to describe international font linking and fallback logic. Fonts that are included in Vista The fonts that are included in Vista take up over MB and they contain over , glyphs character shapes.

It used to be bad practice in the old days but with Vista, this works fine. More details can be found on this Typblography page. I would suggest reading over the Vista Application Compatibility Cookbook for more information on some of the new features in Vista.

Note that installer detection can be turned off and doesn't apply to bit exes; if you want your setup.

See the 'manifest for vista' thread in the 'Security for Applications in Windows Vista' forum that is peer to this one:. I was having the same problem as the people who have fonts that would work in XP or below but not in vista.

After beating my head against my desk for a while, I figured out that my PS fonts needed to be converted since they had a. There is a handy little tool out there called CrossFont which will convert your older font from. Select an Output folder in your User folder I used my Download folder and created a fonts folder so you have access to write to it.

After the conversion, just go to your fonts folder in the control panel. Right click and add your fonts. Good Luck. The content you requested has been removed. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums.