Corrupted font

[kamonster]

Hi all,
We have the Futura font installed on some of our Windows XP computer. On one of the computers, the font got corrupted and now only shows up in Italics. I cannot delete the font or move the font out of the folder. I cannot reinstall the font because the corrupted font is still in the fonts folder.
Any advice would be most appreciated.
Thank you,
Katy

 

[ianedwards]

Hi

Try going into safe mode and delete the font then. If I remember you should be able to.
HTH

Ian

 

[kamonster]

Thank you for your help.
I tried this but got the same message.
"Cannot delete file: Cannot read from the source file or disk."

 

[xlhelp]

It may be easier to delete it from the command prompt.

Ahhh... the good old DOS days.

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[kamonster]

How do i do that?

 

[xlhelp]

First you need to know the path to your font. Most Probably it is C:\Windows\Fonts

Start, Programs, Accessories, Command Prompt

You should have C:\>

If you have anything more than that, type cd.. (that is CD dot dot) and hit Enter

Repeat until you have C:\>

Then type CD windows

You should have C:\WINDOWS>

Type cd Fonts

You should now have C:\WINDOWS\Fonts>

if you now type Delete futura.ttf you should be all set

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[kamonster]

That seemed to work. Thank you! We had to make a few variations, but the premise worked. I was feeling stuck before. I appreciate your effort.
~ Katy