Fonts appearing as boxes on windows 98

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Fonts appearing as boxes in Windows 98 may be due to compatibility issues after copying fonts from Windows XP. Despite checking the fonts with character map showing no corruption, the problem persists. Suggested solutions include formatting the system, which has been noted as a potential fix for various Windows issues. Additionally, creating a backup of the original Windows 98 fonts folder before restoring it could help determine if the issue is resolved. Further experimentation with font management may be necessary to identify a straightforward solution.
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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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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
 
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