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August 7, 2006 at 3:51 pm #24412Tea GrannyMember
Can someone please explain what the “read only” attribute means on a font file?
I recently installed some extra fonts in my windows xp default font folder. I decided to move some of the fonts I wasn’t going to be using to another folder, and I got a “warning window” asking me if I was sure I wanted to move the “read only” file.
Also, if I uncheck the “read only” box of a font file will that do any damage to the font file?
August 7, 2006 at 7:58 pm #150090SpikeMemberYou should never move fonts out of the Font Folder in Windows XP. It is a critical system folder and should not be tampered with.
To install fonts, download them (or wherever you get them from), and place them into a different folder. In Control Panel > Fonts, go to File > Install New Fonts…, then choose which ones you would like to install from a different location and click OK.
August 8, 2006 at 12:49 pm #150094Tea GrannyMemberI didn’t move any default xp fonts. I bought a font cd, and it randomly installed a few of it’s fonts in to the default folder while I was installing the program. The cd installed some fonts I didn’t want, so I was trying to move them out of the default folder when the “read only” warnings came up.
I already have five extra font folders that I move/copy extra fonts from. These are just fancy decorative fonts that have nothing to do with any critical systems. I just use them for paint, word processing etc. This new font cd is the first time I have come across the “read only” attribute.
I was under the impression I could move, copy, and delete fonts that are not default xp fonts from the default font folder.
I am aware that it is a critical system folder. Unfortunately, if I want extra fonts to work on the pc I have to install them in the default font folder. Which also means that when I am done with those extra fonts I have to delete them out of that default font folder too. I have no choice but to “tamper” with that folder if I want fonts other than the default fonts.
All I want to know is what that read only attribute means on a font, and will it damage the font if I uncheck the “read only” box in the properties? I know it has something to do with the fact the extra fonts are stored on the cd. The cd didn’t install it’s own font folder on my pc, it keeps the fonts on the cd.
August 8, 2006 at 8:15 pm #150093dvelez1985Member*omit*
August 12, 2006 at 1:22 am #150091DermotParticipantText files, dat files, documents etc have this attribute.
Read Only files Can not be written to from another source
This been set to read only would effect like ini configuration files and log files.
similar attribute is chmod
August 12, 2006 at 7:14 pm #150095Tea GrannyMemberAm I correct in assuming that the “read only” attribute was put on these fonts to prevent someone from using a “font editor” type of program to change the fonts?
It just didn’t make sense to have all the fonts on the cd I bought be “read only,” when all the default xp fonts do not have the “read only” attribute checked off.
The more I learn; the less I know.
August 13, 2006 at 2:40 am #150092DermotParticipantThink of XP fonts as complete sets shipped with XP
They don’t want them written to by another application to effect your font types as a lot of programs read from these font sets.
Custom font sets you download usually get worked on by the user who made them and does not have the read only option ticked as its a “custom” font set.
August 13, 2006 at 2:46 am #150096Tea GrannyMemberThank you! I appreciate the explanation. I couldn’t seem to find the info I was looking for by doing the usual “google” search method. So, I appreciate you taking the time and effort to explain it to me.:)
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