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Transfering Fonts from MAC to PC

May 13, 2008 7:27PM PDT

A Mac user emailed me some zipped fonts. They don't open like fonts on my PC in Windows XP, though. Is there an extension I need to add to the file name? Or is there another way to make them PC compatible?

Thanks!

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You might try looking
May 14, 2008 4:47AM PDT

at your, already, installed fonts and determine what extension they have.

Then apply that extension to the fonts you received and see what happens.

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Tried that already
May 14, 2008 5:56PM PDT

My fonts have a .TTF extension. I tried adding it but it didnt seem to work.

Any other ideas?

Thanks!

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Also,
May 14, 2008 6:00PM PDT

it says by the files that they are 0 KB.

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Re: fonts
May 14, 2008 6:02PM PDT

If "it" is Windows Explorer or your unzip-program I'd say something is wrong with the file you received.

Kees

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it
May 14, 2008 6:17PM PDT

is windows explorer.

Do you know how I can instruct someone with a Mac to send me fonts correctly?

Thanks!

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Maybe don't zip?
May 14, 2008 6:37PM PDT

They probabky aren't that big. Just attach to a mail as they are.

But mrmacfixit might know better than I do.

Kees

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That might work
May 14, 2008 9:46PM PDT

Of course, there is always the possibility that the files are not zipped in the first place.

Windows is just assuming they are by the way they look.

Just to be sure, get the sender to send them, attached to an email, without any compression.

Depending on what OS the Mac user has, and what email program they are using, you could ask them to make sure that No Compression is turned on, and encoding is UUEncode.

For Apple MAIL, tell them to select, Send Windows Friendly attachments and to check the add extension.

Let us know


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Ok,
May 24, 2008 6:28PM PDT

I received the fonts again as windows friendly attachments, uncompressed. When I add the windows extension (TTF) windows still doesn't seem to recognize them.

I wanted to set the file to open with Windows font viewer, thats what my other fonts open with, but I can't seem to find it on my computer.

Any ideas?

Thanks again.

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Transfering fonts from a mac to a pc.
Jun 2, 2008 4:45AM PDT

My client with a mac is sending me fonts, but I have a pc. Her fonts have a .dfont extention while mine have a .ttf extension. I saved the fonts as a .ttf but the computer doesn't see them. Do you guys have any ideas? Maybe she is sending me the wrong files? What can be done?
Thanks!

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Font problem
Jun 2, 2008 10:11AM PDT

Mac fonts have a .ttf file extension too.

Either your client is not sending you the right thing or you PC is having a problem with the extension.

Are the files zipped?

Are you saying that "add a font" does not see the .ttf font from the Mac?

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