bluespirit Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Hi, I'm trying to extract the font name out of a .ttf file to enter the correct info into the registry. Anyone know how to do this? I'm installing the fonts using the AddFontResource DLL call, making a registry entry in the fonts section and then using SendMessage DLL call to broadcast the font change. However, this relies on you already knowing the full font name. The best I've managed to find is a GetFontName function by Holger but this only works once the font is already installed or in memory. Thanks for any help, James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weaponx Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Copying fonts to @Windir & "\Fonts" should automatically perform the installation. You might want to provide more info about why you are doing this the hard way. In the mean time, here is some C++ code to read a font header:http://www.codeguru.com/cpp/g-m/gdi/fontha...icle.php/c3659/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudi Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Copying fonts to @Windir & "\Fonts" should automatically perform the installation.This way the fonts will be correctly installed just after the next reboot. IIRC in this forum someone already dropped a posting how to immediately activate new fonts without using the "regular" way (fonts applet, in control center)Regards, Rudi. Earth is flat, pigs can fly, and Nuclear Power is SAFE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weaponx Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 This way the fonts will be correctly installed just after the next reboot. IIRC in this forum someone already dropped a posting how to immediately activate new fonts without using the "regular" way (fonts applet, in control center)Regards, Rudi.I must be confused. On XP SP2/SP3 I can drag fonts into the Windows\Fonts folder which will immediately trigger font installation. If I have Photoshop CS3 open when I install a font this way, I don't even have to restart it (Photoshop) for the new fonts to show in the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluespirit Posted June 13, 2008 Author Share Posted June 13, 2008 Unfortunately copy the font to the windows font folder does not install the font as an entry needs to be made in the registry. Not to mention informing all open applications so a reboot is not required. Copying using drag & drop in explorer does install the font correctly as explorer does all the necessary processing. However this is a manual operation and I'm trying to copy the font to 100 after effects remote renderers which means I need an automated process that doesn't require a reboot. Forcing an opening and closing of the fonts folder from control panel does do the trick and this is how im currently doing it. However that trick does not work in Vista, which we are changing to in a few months. So I'm looking for a new method to install fonts remotely over the network. James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cartman380 Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Did a little bit of research about retrieving the name of the font from a .ttf file and found source / program that can do it.http://www.codeproject.com/KB/GDI/fontnamefromfile.aspxHere was the page that had a lot of information about .ttf files and their formathttp://developer.apple.com/textfonts/TTRef...6.html#Overview Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudi Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 I must be confused. On XP SP2/SP3 I can drag fonts into the Windows\Fonts folder which will immediately trigger font installation. Just checked it a few days ago: XP SP2 +all hotfixes (April 2008): This is a TTF with a "slashed" zero (similar to the Swedish special character you get for Alt +[numpad]0216 = Ø). This one is used for a ERP system to securely distinguish "0" (zero) from "O" (capital o). When the TTF is just copied to the font's folder, then it will not work (the edit fields change from 20 x width to 3 x (full GUI width)). When the same font is added using the control panel, fonts applet, it will work immediately. Maybe for some applications it will work with a simple "copy2fontsfolder", but it obviously isn't the same for the OS as the "regular" way to install fonts. Regards, Rudi. Earth is flat, pigs can fly, and Nuclear Power is SAFE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluespirit Posted June 15, 2008 Author Share Posted June 15, 2008 Thanks for the info. It's all great stuff, but starting to get a little beyond my capabilities as don't really know C++ or have a compiler! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudi Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 (edited) Thanks for the info. It's all great stuff, but starting to get a little beyond my capabilities as don't really know C++ or have a compiler!Well, in very simple, all you will have to do to "install" a font is to copy it to ...@windowsdir & "\fonts"... folder. For this you can use FileInstall() of Autoit.At least after the next reboot this font will be available to all Windows Applications.The TTF file structure seems not to be trivial. I just came across these links:TTF specs, by MicrosoftTTF, Wikipedia<edit>Another explanation</edit>Regards, Rudi. Edited June 25, 2008 by rudi Earth is flat, pigs can fly, and Nuclear Power is SAFE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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