I coulda sworn I've dragged and dropped fonts in XP and they've been automagically installed. This was an improvement over older versions of Windows where I did need to use the installer.
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Jon B. - Jun 08, 2010 9:18:34 am PDT #14084 of 25501
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§ ita § - Jun 08, 2010 9:24:56 am PDT #14085 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
That's how I did it too, I was pretty sure. But I use a font manager these days, because I don't want the overhead of having them all installed, but I need the ability to preview them. I think it's definitely something the OS should have inbuilt. I'd rather that than a web browser, I think.
Kristen - Jun 08, 2010 9:30:16 am PDT #14086 of 25501
Even if they're physically in the folder, they're invisible until they're installed, but you can't access them to install them.
I don't know Windows 7 but can you still set your folder settings to show hidden files?
DCJensen - Jun 08, 2010 9:47:58 am PDT #14087 of 25501
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§ ita § - Jun 08, 2010 9:50:02 am PDT #14088 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Thanks, DCJ. I had thought it was Oracle-proprietary and totally tied to databases, but I guess not.
Ginger - Jun 08, 2010 12:16:07 pm PDT #14089 of 25501
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XP did automagically install, but the magic is gone from Windows 7. You can set your folder settings to show hidden files, but not in the Fonts folder.
I need to pare down the fonts list, heaven knows. It has just growed, like Topsy.
Kristen - Jun 08, 2010 12:18:03 pm PDT #14090 of 25501
You can set your folder settings to show hidden files, but not in the Fonts folder.
That's just bizarre.
Gudanov - Jun 08, 2010 12:22:35 pm PDT #14091 of 25501
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XP did automagically install, but the magic is gone from Windows 7.
Definitely a step back, and a weird one as that can't be hard to implement.
Deena - Jun 08, 2010 3:17:54 pm PDT #14092 of 25501
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I was able to automagically install fonts on Windows 7. I can't check how I did it, though, because my computer's in the shop.
dcp - Jun 08, 2010 3:38:42 pm PDT #14093 of 25501
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Windows 7 Help says:
To install a font: Right-click the font you want to install and click Install.
Tip: You can also install a font by dragging it into Fonts in Control Panel.