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This is actually a problem I am having with Windows Server 2003, but I am

sure that the solution is the same as XP.

 

When I applied SP2 for Windows Server 2003, around this time last year,

every font turned to italics - the Start Menu, context menus, all text in

applications, Event Viewer, Device Manager, IIS Manager, all wizards and

dialogue boxes, title bars, icons text, etc. Even the nearly all the text

in websites when using IE7 or Firefox is in italics (it does not appear in

italics in the rare cases where the CSS calls for 'normal'). The only thing

that is not in italics is the Command Prompt.

 

I have been using it for a year thinking that this was normal. I thought it

was some really stupid change that Microsoft made for SP2.

 

When looking at the Appearance tab in Display Properties, all the other

themes have fonts in italics as well. I cannot find any way to get it back

to normal.

 

Could there be a registry key that makes this universal, system wide change

to italics?

 

Cheers

 

ss.

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Guest PD43

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Re: Everything is in italics. How do I get all fonts back to normal??

 

Re: Everything is in italics. How do I get all fonts back to normal??

 

On Mar 30, 1:14 am, "Synapse Syndrome" <syna...@NOSPAMsyndrome.me.uk>

wrote:

> Could there be a registry key that makes this universal, system wide change

> to italics?

 

http://tinyurl.com/3ynqwa

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Re: Everything is in italics. How do I get all fonts back to normal ??

 

Re: Everything is in italics. How do I get all fonts back to normal ??

 

"PD43" <pauld1943@yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:c20f092c-7c92-4b44-ab16-0f40cc174c86@a70g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...

>

>> Could there be a registry key that makes this universal, system wide

>> change

>> to italics?

>

> http://tinyurl.com/3ynqwa

 

 

Thanks - that was helpful. It looks like my Arial font is actually missing.

 

Can anybody give me a list of fonts from their Windows Server fonts folder

please? I have:

 

 

C:\WINDOWS\Fonts>dir

Volume in drive C is System

Volume Serial Number is CC14-5F32

 

Directory of C:\WINDOWS\Fonts

 

03/04/2003 13:00 226,748 arialbi.ttf

03/04/2003 13:00 207,808 ariali.ttf

03/04/2003 13:00 117,028 ariblk.ttf

03/04/2003 13:00 127,596 comic.ttf

03/04/2003 13:00 111,476 comicbd.ttf

03/04/2003 13:00 303,296 cour.ttf

03/04/2003 13:00 312,920 courbd.ttf

03/04/2003 13:00 236,148 courbi.ttf

03/04/2003 13:00 245,032 couri.ttf

03/04/2003 13:00 79,744 estre.ttf

03/04/2003 13:00 135,984 framd.ttf

03/04/2003 13:00 152,844 framdit.ttf

03/04/2003 13:00 214,936 gautami.ttf

03/04/2003 13:00 155,068 georgia.ttf

03/04/2003 13:00 141,032 georgiab.ttf

03/04/2003 13:00 157,388 georgiai.ttf

03/04/2003 13:00 159,736 georgiaz.ttf

03/04/2003 13:00 136,076 impact.ttf

03/04/2003 13:00 73,292 latha.ttf

03/04/2003 13:00 115,068 lucon.ttf

03/04/2003 13:00 323,980 l_10646.ttf

03/04/2003 13:00 143,864 mangal.ttf

03/04/2003 13:00 8,704 modern.fon

03/04/2003 13:00 40,500 mvboli.ttf

03/04/2003 13:00 489,884 pala.ttf

03/04/2003 13:00 434,004 palab.ttf

03/04/2003 13:00 344,288 palabi.ttf

03/04/2003 13:00 430,800 palai.ttf

03/04/2003 13:00 57,348 raavi.ttf

03/04/2003 13:00 13,312 roman.fon

03/04/2003 13:00 12,288 script.fon

03/04/2003 13:00 234,280 shruti.ttf

03/04/2003 13:00 221,676 sylfaen.ttf

03/04/2003 13:00 69,464 symbol.ttf

03/04/2003 13:00 239,692 timesbi.ttf

03/04/2003 13:00 248,368 timesi.ttf

03/04/2003 13:00 134,108 trebuc.ttf

03/04/2003 13:00 123,096 trebucbd.ttf

03/04/2003 13:00 131,188 trebucbi.ttf

03/04/2003 13:00 139,288 trebucit.ttf

03/04/2003 13:00 148,624 tunga.ttf

03/04/2003 13:00 171,792 verdana.ttf

03/04/2003 13:00 137,616 verdanab.ttf

03/04/2003 13:00 155,076 verdanai.ttf

03/04/2003 13:00 154,800 verdanaz.ttf

03/04/2003 13:00 118,752 webdings.ttf

03/04/2003 13:00 81,000 wingding.ttf

03/04/2003 13:00 18,880 wst_czec.fon

03/04/2003 13:00 18,880 wst_engl.fon

03/04/2003 13:00 18,880 wst_fren.fon

03/04/2003 13:00 18,880 wst_germ.fon

03/04/2003 13:00 18,880 wst_ital.fon

03/04/2003 13:00 18,880 wst_span.fon

03/04/2003 13:00 18,880 wst_swed.fon

54 File(s) 8,349,172 bytes

0 Dir(s) 656,867,328 bytes free

 

Cheers

 

ss.

Guest solidsnake204

Guest solidsnake204

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Re: Everything is in italics. How do I get all fonts back to norma

 

Re: Everything is in italics. How do I get all fonts back to norma

 

Yes, I think you're missing the Arial font, but I also think you're missing

the Tahoma font, which is causing the problem.

 

I'll upload the two fonts in a min.

 

"Synapse Syndrome" wrote:

> "PD43" <pauld1943@yahoo.com> wrote in message

> news:c20f092c-7c92-4b44-ab16-0f40cc174c86@a70g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...

> >

> >> Could there be a registry key that makes this universal, system wide

> >> change

> >> to italics?

> >

> > http://tinyurl.com/3ynqwa

>

>

> Thanks - that was helpful. It looks like my Arial font is actually missing.

>

> Can anybody give me a list of fonts from their Windows Server fonts folder

> please? I have:

>

>

> C:\WINDOWS\Fonts>dir

> Volume in drive C is System

> Volume Serial Number is CC14-5F32

>

> Directory of C:\WINDOWS\Fonts

>

> 03/04/2003 13:00 226,748 arialbi.ttf

> 03/04/2003 13:00 207,808 ariali.ttf

> 03/04/2003 13:00 117,028 ariblk.ttf

> 03/04/2003 13:00 127,596 comic.ttf

> 03/04/2003 13:00 111,476 comicbd.ttf

> 03/04/2003 13:00 303,296 cour.ttf

> 03/04/2003 13:00 312,920 courbd.ttf

> 03/04/2003 13:00 236,148 courbi.ttf

> 03/04/2003 13:00 245,032 couri.ttf

> 03/04/2003 13:00 79,744 estre.ttf

> 03/04/2003 13:00 135,984 framd.ttf

> 03/04/2003 13:00 152,844 framdit.ttf

> 03/04/2003 13:00 214,936 gautami.ttf

> 03/04/2003 13:00 155,068 georgia.ttf

> 03/04/2003 13:00 141,032 georgiab.ttf

> 03/04/2003 13:00 157,388 georgiai.ttf

> 03/04/2003 13:00 159,736 georgiaz.ttf

> 03/04/2003 13:00 136,076 impact.ttf

> 03/04/2003 13:00 73,292 latha.ttf

> 03/04/2003 13:00 115,068 lucon.ttf

> 03/04/2003 13:00 323,980 l_10646.ttf

> 03/04/2003 13:00 143,864 mangal.ttf

> 03/04/2003 13:00 8,704 modern.fon

> 03/04/2003 13:00 40,500 mvboli.ttf

> 03/04/2003 13:00 489,884 pala.ttf

> 03/04/2003 13:00 434,004 palab.ttf

> 03/04/2003 13:00 344,288 palabi.ttf

> 03/04/2003 13:00 430,800 palai.ttf

> 03/04/2003 13:00 57,348 raavi.ttf

> 03/04/2003 13:00 13,312 roman.fon

> 03/04/2003 13:00 12,288 script.fon

> 03/04/2003 13:00 234,280 shruti.ttf

> 03/04/2003 13:00 221,676 sylfaen.ttf

> 03/04/2003 13:00 69,464 symbol.ttf

> 03/04/2003 13:00 239,692 timesbi.ttf

> 03/04/2003 13:00 248,368 timesi.ttf

> 03/04/2003 13:00 134,108 trebuc.ttf

> 03/04/2003 13:00 123,096 trebucbd.ttf

> 03/04/2003 13:00 131,188 trebucbi.ttf

> 03/04/2003 13:00 139,288 trebucit.ttf

> 03/04/2003 13:00 148,624 tunga.ttf

> 03/04/2003 13:00 171,792 verdana.ttf

> 03/04/2003 13:00 137,616 verdanab.ttf

> 03/04/2003 13:00 155,076 verdanai.ttf

> 03/04/2003 13:00 154,800 verdanaz.ttf

> 03/04/2003 13:00 118,752 webdings.ttf

> 03/04/2003 13:00 81,000 wingding.ttf

> 03/04/2003 13:00 18,880 wst_czec.fon

> 03/04/2003 13:00 18,880 wst_engl.fon

> 03/04/2003 13:00 18,880 wst_fren.fon

> 03/04/2003 13:00 18,880 wst_germ.fon

> 03/04/2003 13:00 18,880 wst_ital.fon

> 03/04/2003 13:00 18,880 wst_span.fon

> 03/04/2003 13:00 18,880 wst_swed.fon

> 54 File(s) 8,349,172 bytes

> 0 Dir(s) 656,867,328 bytes free

>

> Cheers

>

> ss.

>

>

>

Guest solidsnake204

Guest solidsnake204

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Re: Everything is in italics. How do I get all fonts back to norma

 

Re: Everything is in italics. How do I get all fonts back to norma

 

Here you go, I've uploaded the Arial, Tahoma and Tahoma Bold fonts:

http://filebeam.com/6b5259f5f8b2499b5e8279208d2e53cc

 

"solidsnake204" wrote:

> Yes, I think you're missing the Arial font, but I also think you're missing

> the Tahoma font, which is causing the problem.

>

> I'll upload the two fonts in a min.

Guest Alan

Guest Alan

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Re: Everything is in italics. How do I get all fonts back to norma

 

Re: Everything is in italics. How do I get all fonts back to norma

 

I clicked on the link that you provided and I got redirected to a page

called "The Dumb Test" at

http://www.quizrocket.com/dumb-test?gatherer_id=100439&utm_source=PerfSpot&utm_medium=PPC&utm_campaign=DumbTest

 

Does the original poster have to take the test -- and get all the other

silent downloads -- in order to get the fonts that he needs?

 

Alan

 

"solidsnake204" <solidsnake204@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:CBDF30B3-EAC1-49E2-84C1-8462A58D1EBA@microsoft.com...

> Here you go, I've uploaded the Arial, Tahoma and Tahoma Bold fonts:

> http://filebeam.com/6b5259f5f8b2499b5e8279208d2e53cc

>

> "solidsnake204" wrote:

>

>> Yes, I think you're missing the Arial font, but I also think you're

>> missing

>> the Tahoma font, which is causing the problem.

>>

>> I'll upload the two fonts in a min.

>

Guest Synapse Syndrome

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Re: Everything is in italics. How do I get all fonts back to norma

 

Re: Everything is in italics. How do I get all fonts back to norma

 

"solidsnake204" <solidsnake204@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:CBDF30B3-EAC1-49E2-84C1-8462A58D1EBA@microsoft.com...

>> Yes, I think you're missing the Arial font, but I also think you're

>> missing

>> the Tahoma font, which is causing the problem.

>>

>> I'll upload the two fonts in a min.

>

> Here you go, I've uploaded the Arial, Tahoma and Tahoma Bold fonts:

> http://filebeam.com/6b5259f5f8b2499b5e8279208d2e53cc

>

 

Thanks a lot! Everything is back to normal now, as far as I can see.

 

I have figured out why this has happened every time I have installed SP2,

and therefore why I thought having these italic fonts was normal.

 

What I did on the base image that I have used before SP2, was make write

disallow permissions on the font folder for administrator and users. This

is so that I know when an application installer attempts to write to the

fonts folder, so that I can temporarily allow writes, and then remove those

added fonts.

 

I like to keep the server ultra-neat and clean. With that level of

attention to detail I find that they keep rock-steady for years.

 

Whereas an application installer will stop when it cannot write to the fonts

folder (I do not think I have actually installed anything that tries to add

fonts), the SP2 Windows Update installer obviously does not.

 

SP2 must have had some updated fonts included. The installer must have

deleted the old ones, without being able to add the replacements.

 

Could somebody please send me a directory list of the fonts in SP2, so that

I can make sure I have all of the ones that I need (being reasonably sure

there are no extra ones from applications)? The file dates should tell me

which ones are the ones that have been updated for SP2.

 

Cheers

 

ss.

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Re: Everything is in italics. How do I get all fonts back to norma

 

"Alan" <somewhere@nospam.not> wrote in message

news:%2334cI$nkIHA.4076@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>I clicked on the link that you provided and I got redirected to a page

>called "The Dumb Test" at

>http://www.quizrocket.com/dumb-test?gatherer_id=100439&utm_source=PerfSpot&utm_medium=PPC&utm_campaign=DumbTest

>

> Does the original poster have to take the test -- and get all the other

> silent downloads -- in order to get the fonts that he needs?

 

 

It worked fine for me. If there was any rubbish that came up, it would have

been blocked by the HOSTS file that I use.

 

http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/

 

ss.

Guest HeyBub

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Re: Everything is in italics. How do I get all fonts back to norma

 

Synapse Syndrome wrote:

>> Could somebody please send me a directory list of the fonts in SP2,

> so that I can make sure I have all of the ones that I need (being

> reasonably sure there are no extra ones from applications)? The file

> dates should tell me which ones are the ones that have been updated

> for SP2.

> Cheers

>

 

I typed "XP+SP2+fonts" into Google and got this:

 

http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/product.aspx?PID=145

Guest Synapse Syndrome

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"HeyBub" <heybub@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:eB5kiFtkIHA.5396@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>>> Could somebody please send me a directory list of the fonts in SP2,

>> so that I can make sure I have all of the ones that I need (being

>> reasonably sure there are no extra ones from applications)? The file

>> dates should tell me which ones are the ones that have been updated

>> for SP2.

>> Cheers

>>

>

> I typed "XP+SP2+fonts" into Google and got this:

>

> http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/product.aspx?PID=145

 

 

Thanks, but I am talking about Windows Server 2003, and that MS Typography

site does not include a list for that, unfortunately.

 

ss.

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