Microsoft KB Archive/254766

= Unable to Open or Print Fonts Correctly =

Article ID: 254766

Article Last Modified on 1/27/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q254766



SYMPTOMS
When you right-click an installed font, and then click Print or Open, nothing may happen and you may not receive an error message.



CAUSE
This issue can occur if you have too many fonts installed in Windows. Microsoft recommends you use less than 600-800 fonts as surpassing this limit can create this and other issues.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, remove some of the installed non-system fonts from the Fonts folder:  Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel and then double-click Fonts. On the View menu, click Details, and then click Modified to arrange the fonts by date. Select a font that does not have an "A" on the icon and that does not have a system date, copy and paste the highlighted font to another folder for backup purposes, and then delete the font.

NOTE: To determine the system dates used by Windows and to locate the default Windows fonts, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

254768 How to Determine the Default Windows Fonts

Repeat the process until you have less than 600-800 fonts.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about font limitations and Windows, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

131943 TrueType Font Limits in Windows 95/98

Additional query words: fontview.exe fontview display

Keywords: kbenv kbprb kbprint KB254766

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