{"id":1397,"date":"2012-02-11T08:40:49","date_gmt":"2012-02-11T08:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.webputzer.com\/?p=1397"},"modified":"2013-11-19T21:12:39","modified_gmt":"2013-11-19T21:12:39","slug":"restoring-stock-xp-fonts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.webputzer.com\/?p=1397","title":{"rendered":"Restoring default XP fonts"},"content":{"rendered":"

UPDATE…<\/h2>\n

You can read this entire page…..BUT…. Recently I found a file, on the Microsoft site, which will restore Arial fonts on Windows XP when they’ve been buggered. It’s a much easier approach than what I’d originally written on this page. Simple run a small, executable file (which you can download, below) and you can skip my original directions – Arial fonts are fixed! <\/p>\n

DOWNLOAD ARIAL32.exe<\/a><\/h2>\n

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Old instructions….<\/h2>\n

Okay – this was a pain in the ass. So you’ve installed a bunch of fonts and you’ve managed to overwrite one or more of your stock XP fonts, and, things look like hell. Basically, this is what I did that worked for fixing things….when I’d done what I’ve just described!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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  1. Put your XP disc in the optical drive (in this example, drive “D”)<\/li>\n
  2. From a command prompt type: D: (do not type “cd”, as you’re changing drives, not directories….)<\/li>\n
  3. If you wanna go insane, you can NOW type about 65 lines that like this (optionally, check out list item 5):
    \nexpand D:\\i386\\arial.tt_ C:\\arial.ttf<\/strong>
    \nThe above will copy arial.ttf to C:\\arial.ttf – make a folder and change the path if you want to save fonts, well, in a folder somewhere else (uhm…obviously).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n