Expert: Kamal Krishna - 6/22/2007

Question
Hi Kamal,
I have downloaded some new fonts (windows, fonts folder) and photoshop cant see them. I checked all which are in that folder and i realized that photoshop see only part of it... (and i am talking about truetype) I have windows px and i tried with photoshopCS2 and 7. Any suggestion? Thanks for your help ani:)

Answer
Hi ani,
It seems that downloading fonts to c/windows/fonts is not enough. You have to then install them by going to start > controlpanel > fonts and clicking on file> install new font and then selecting the font to be installed. Once you do this, the font will appear.

If fonts do not appear, close Photoshop. Do a search for Photoshop 7.0 Prefs.psp. Once found, trash (or rename) the prefs file. Restart Photoshop. Note that your colour profiles will be reset to defaults, so ensure you record that info first.

If that does not work,

Go to C:program filescommon filesadobefonts and add your fonts there. Then, delete all Adobefnt*.lst (i.e. Adobefnt.lst, Adobefnt06.lst, etc) files you can find on your computer. Restart Photoshop--the load time will take a little longer as it recreates the Font Lists you just trashed.

Failing that, if you are using Adobe Type Manager, ensure the fonts have been activated.(Close Photoshop, launch ATM, go to Settings-Advanced and select Enable Type One fonts.)

Lastly, remove all but the Windows installed fonts to a new folder on your desktop. Delete those FNT files again. Install your new font. Launch Photoshop. If they appear, you had a broken font. Move a few fonts at a time back into the Fonts folder until you recreate the issue, then pull out the problem font and install the remaining.

If they still do not appear, make sure those new fonts aren't broken by getting another copy of the font and install it.

hope this helps.