Fonts appearing as boxes on windows 98

[grady]

I got problems with fonts showing up as boxes. I recently copied all of my fonts from windows xp into the fonts directory in windows 98. Thats all I can think of that would be the problem. But going through and looking at the fonts with character map, none of them are screwed up. Does anyone know about fixing this?

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[BoulderHead]

Does anyone know about fixing this?

To quote dduardo “Try formatting. It always seems to fix window's problems.”
You’ve got to admit, he’s not lying.

If you thought to make a backup copy of the 98 fonts folder you could try restoring it, then checking to see if the problem was cured.

There may be an easy cure for this but I haven’t played with my fonts enough to know what it could be.

Good luck

 

[ravenprp]

It sounds like the issue you are experiencing is a common one when copying fonts from a newer operating system to an older one. Windows 98 may not be able to recognize and properly display some of the newer font formats that were introduced with Windows XP.

To fix this problem, you can try converting the fonts to a compatible format using a font conversion tool or by re-downloading the fonts in a format that is compatible with Windows 98. Additionally, make sure that you are only copying and using fonts that are compatible with Windows 98.

Another solution could be to try using a different font viewer or manager, as the one you are currently using may not be compatible with Windows 98.

I hope this helps resolve your issue with the fonts appearing as boxes on Windows 98. Good luck!