4

I have the Meta font family as .ttf and .otf files. On a Windows 7 laptop, I copied them into the Control Panel -> Fonts directory. But when I open a word document using a font of the Meta family, it gets rendered in another font (looks like Tahoma) and also prints in the other font.

Double-clicking the font files or copying them again into the fonts directory results in an error message telling me that the font is already installed. I know that the font files are OK, because I had them installed when the laptop still had Windows XP and I never had a problem then.

So, my question is, how do I install the font correctly so Word 2007 can use it?

Improve this question
4
  • 2
    Are other applications able to use the font?
    – Vervious
    Commented Aug 23, 2010 at 17:00
  • @Nano8Blazex I set FBReader to MetaNormal and it displayed the current eBook in MetaNormal. I don't have another application capable of opening Word files to reopen the .doc file and see how it is displayed.
    – rumtscho
    Commented Aug 23, 2010 at 17:47
  • Silly suggestion but you have tried restarting MSWord right? :)
    – Vervious
    Commented Aug 23, 2010 at 18:35
  • solved this by running word in safe mode (run that: winword /safe ), create new doc, write and see if your font appear. It did for me, close the word-safe-mode, reopen your doc just by clicking on it.
    – JinSnow
    Commented Apr 1, 2016 at 13:38

3 Answers 3

Reset to default
2

Is your system up-to-date with the latest patches? Some time ago Microsoft patched their OpenType/TrueType rendering engine because of a security issue, and that caused some fonts to not work anymore. They fixed this later with a better fix that didn't disable those fonts.

Improve this answer
1
  • Not sure that this was the reason, but it works now after the hundred things I did (including updating everything). Thanks.
    – rumtscho
    Commented Aug 27, 2010 at 15:19
1

Go in MS Word Option/ Advanced then in the Show document content section, uncheck Use Draft Font in Draft and Outline Views

Source and printscreen

This could also work but it doesn't seem to be permanent:

  1. Close Word
  2. Hold the Windows key down and press R.
  3. In the Run box that opens type winword /safe (note there is a space between winword and /) and click on Ok.
  4. press CTRL-N to open a new document.

If you are not able to open the Run box Click on Start > All Programs > Accessories > Run and type in the command winword /safe and click on Ok.

Source

Improve this answer
1

I had the same problem and my Office version said it was the newest version. Following the suggestion of updating everything I uninstalled Office and installed it again to make sure I have the newest version and this solved the problem for me (Using the internal update tool it just told me that I'm up to date, but I was skeptical...).

Just wanted to mention it if the problem still occurs for somebody else. I am using the Student Version of Office 365, I mention this as on the Microsoft Forum it also seemed everyone who had this issue was using the Student Version.

Improve this answer

You must log in to answer this question.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged .