Where exactly is this font?

Discussion in 'Software' started by moofin, Jan 13, 2008.

  1. moofin

    moofin Private E-2

    And no its not in C:\WINDOWS\Fonts :p

    I'm on XP Pro SP2

    The font is called System. I can see it in AIM (its used in my profile), I can see it in Photoshop, but I can't see it in my video editing programs. I use to be able to access this font everywhere on my old computer. I need this font specifically because its official font for my media group.
     

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  2. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    According to this http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823033/en-me
    the default "system font" is Tahoma.
    I don't run XP so I have no way of checking but in 2K, there is no such font named system font.

    If you have TweakUI installed, you might click on the rebuild tab and in the drop down box select "rebuild font folder" to see if that gets back the particular font you need.
     
  3. 8ilxli8

    8ilxli8 Private E-2

    strange indeed. it's similar to tahoma and a few others, though not an exact match.

    this isn't your average font because when scaled up, characters become more and more pixelated. you could try to identify it..i'm curious about this now, too.
     
  4. moofin

    moofin Private E-2

  5. moofin

    moofin Private E-2

    Even this program MainType can't find out where its coming from. I'm pretty sure its in some dll somewhere. The question is what one.
     

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  6. 8ilxli8

    8ilxli8 Private E-2

    it looks pretty close to fixedsys...
     
  7. 8ilxli8

    8ilxli8 Private E-2

    but it's not.

    it's from a series of hidden 8514sys*.fon files. very strange though, i wonder if these can be converted to .ttf somehow :confused
     

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  8. bigbazza

    bigbazza R.I.P. 14/12/2011 - Good Onya Geek

    Maybe do a Search for vgasys*.fon. This will find a few more sys*fon's.

    Don't forget the * in your Search. Bazza
     
    Last edited: Jan 15, 2008
  9. bigbazza

    bigbazza R.I.P. 14/12/2011 - Good Onya Geek

    Maybe this will help, from today's front page at www.majorgeeks.com

    Windows Fonts Explorer 3.6
    http://www.majorgeeks.com/Windows_Fonts_Explorer_d5627.html

     

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