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brockdjones
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December 24, 2019
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Type 1 Fonts in Windows 10

  • December 24, 2019
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Hi,

I would like to bring some of my Type 1 font library over to Windows 10 from Windows Vista...I got a new laptop and was dismayed when my fonts wouldn't load. Is it possible to convert these fonts? If so, what is the best way to go about that?

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Correct answer Dov Isaacs

Windows 10 does fully support installation and use of Type 1 fonts.

 

What do you mean by “the fonts wouldn't load?” To install Type 1 fonts on Windows 10 (and all previous versions of Windows since Windows 2000), you place both the .pfm and the .pfb file associated with each Type 1 font into a single directory. Right click on the .pfm file and select Install for all users. That will copy the .pfm and the .pfb to the proper location and set the registry entries for the font. Restart your application(s) and the Type 1 fonts will be available.

 

That having been said, newer versions of Microsoft Office (since at least Office 2013) don't recognize and support Type 1 fonts at all. For those applications, you must use either TrueType, OpenType CFF, or OpenType TrueType fonts.

 

            - Dov 

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Dov Isaacs
Dov IsaacsCorrect answer
Brainiac
December 24, 2019

Windows 10 does fully support installation and use of Type 1 fonts.

 

What do you mean by “the fonts wouldn't load?” To install Type 1 fonts on Windows 10 (and all previous versions of Windows since Windows 2000), you place both the .pfm and the .pfb file associated with each Type 1 font into a single directory. Right click on the .pfm file and select Install for all users. That will copy the .pfm and the .pfb to the proper location and set the registry entries for the font. Restart your application(s) and the Type 1 fonts will be available.

 

That having been said, newer versions of Microsoft Office (since at least Office 2013) don't recognize and support Type 1 fonts at all. For those applications, you must use either TrueType, OpenType CFF, or OpenType TrueType fonts.

 

            - Dov 

- Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)
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    brockdjonesAuthor
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    January 2, 2020

    Hi Dov,

    Thank you, for the promt reply. "Install for all Users" must have been what I was missing. It worked. Before that the file would show up in the Windows Fonts folder but then disappear when I closed and reopened the folder. 

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