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parts of fonts

Jun 23, 2005 2:06AM PDT

My computer has Win XP Pro with an AMD Athlon, I use Corel Wordperfect Office 2000, Wordperfect 9, that my boss uses and requires me to use for his documents. The font (New Century Schoolbook) that is also used for these documents only appears when it is bolded, underlined, italicize, or if the word is mispelled. It does not appear normally. This font works on all of my boss' computers running XP Pro, and works on my other computers/laptops running Win XP Home, Win ME, Win 98SE, and Win 95. We have tried uninstalling and re-installing the font and checked that it was a true type font and it still does not appear without being bolded, underlined, or italicized. If anyone has any suggestions as to what the problem could be please let me know. Thanks.

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Most common issue?
Jun 23, 2005 2:42AM PDT

The printer driver was not installed and there is no default printer selected.

Hope that helps.

Bob

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Not the printer driver....
Jun 25, 2005 12:37AM PDT

My boss sent the printer driver, with the font, that he uses in the office with specific instructions on how to install the driver and how to make it the default "printer" for Wordperfect. I used the same setup on all the computers/laptops at home and my computer running XP Pro is the only one that doesn't recognize the regular font. Any other suggestions?

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Some reports about...
Jun 25, 2005 12:55AM PDT

Fonts that Microsoft deemed as corrupt in XP that weren't in older OSes. Sadly I can't tell if this is one. But do see if CHARMAP shows the font and you installed the font PROPER. i.e. you used the Font, Install Font and didn't just drop the font into the fonts folder.

Research your dead font by name on GOOGLE.COM with the font name and XP as the search term and see if its dead.

Bob