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Kids: Err Msg: Invalid TrueType Font Detected

Article ID: 131108

Article Last Modified on 8/15/2005

Microsoft Explorapedia: The World of Nature 1.2
Microsoft Creative Writer 2.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft Creative Writer 1.1 Standard Edition
Microsoft Creative Writer 1.1a
Microsoft Fine Artist 1.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft Fine Artist 1.1 Standard Edition
Microsoft Fine Artist 1.1 Standard Edition
Microsoft Explorapedia series: World of People for Windows 1.0

This article was previously published under Q131108

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SYMPTOMS

When you run Explorapedia, Creative Writer, or Fine Artist, TrueType fonts may not display correctly, or you may receive the following error message:

Invalid TrueType font detected. An application used a TrueType font that caused an error in Windows.

This error message may occur when a font has been damaged or has become corrupt.

RESOLUTION

To resolve the problem, use the following steps to reinstall the font(s):

Remove the TrueType font(s) in question (see the list of fonts installed by each Kids application below).
Reinstall the TrueType font(s) from the CD-ROM (again, see the list of fonts installed by each Kids application below).

NOTE: For Fine Artist or Creative Writer version 1.0, reinstall the application from the 3.5" disks to reinstall the fonts.

For information about how to perform this task in Windows, see your Windows printed documentation or online Help.

NOTE: When you need to select the drive location for your fonts, change to your CD-ROM drive and locate the directory containing the fonts. Choose Select All, then choose OK. This reinstalls the fonts installed by your Kids application.

After following these steps, you should be able to run the program(s) successfully.

MORE INFORMATION

Below is a list of the TrueType fonts installed by Microsoft Kids products, their filename, and location on the CD. When each of these fonts are installed, there are two files placed in the Windows SYSTEM subdirectory on your PC: a .TTF and an .FOT file.

Product        Font Filename   Font Name                 Location

Exp, People    ARIALN.TTF      Arial Narrow              PEOPLE\WINSYS
Exp, Nature    ARIALN.TTF      Arial Narrow              NATURE\WINSYS
Artist/Writer  IMPACT.TTF      Impact                    SETUP
(diskette and  LBLACK.TTF      Lucida Blackletter Reg.   SETUP
  CD-ROM)      LHANDW.TTF      Lucida Handwriting Ital.  SETUP
               LSANS.TTF       Lucida Sans Regular       SETUP
               STENCIL.TTF     Stencil                   SETUP
Artist/Writer  MCZEE.TTF       McZee                     SETUP
(CD-ROM only)

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