Missing Office 2003 Fonts

Did a complete install of MS-Office 2003 Professional w/ SP1 on my new PC (WinXP/SP3). Worked fine for first two weeks, then began getting "unexpected error, needs to close" messages in Word and Publisher.

Ran detect/repair. Crashing has stopped; however some of the Publisher fonts have disappeared.

Example: Ransom-note style Publisher font "earwig factory". I created a document using it on this PC two weeks ago. When I open document now, font selection window still shows "earwig factory"; however actual font displayed is Veranda. When I click on the drop-down font menu, I get a message of "font is not available, do you want to use it anyway?"

Microsoft knowledge base has been no help. Any ideas on how to reload this missing font? (and no, I'm not doing a ransom note -- just a publication for a client who wants this style LOL)

 

I believe you should be able to find the fonts folder on the installation CD/DVD. Either navigate on the installation disk until you find the fonts folder, or do a search (location: the installation disk, of course) for "*.ttf" without the quotes. Once you find the missing fonts on the Office installation disk that you wish to reinstall, copy and paste those files into the Fonts folder (located in Control Panel, easiest to find in Classic View). If Windows asks if you want to install those fonts, of course tell it yes.

 

If mcsmc's suggestion does not work, download it from an Internet source, such as http://www.dafont.com/earwig-factory.font