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Set regEx = New RegExp
 
Set regEx = New RegExp
 
regEx.IgnoreCase = True
 
regEx.IgnoreCase = True
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regEx.Pattern = "([A-Za-z0-9\s]+_*?)(_[^_]*)?(\.(ttf|otf|pfm|fon))$"
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regEx.Pattern = "([\w\s]+?)(_[^_]*)?(\.(ttf|otf|pfm|fon))$"
 
   
 
   
 
FOR EACH FontFile IN oSource.Items()
 
FOR EACH FontFile IN oSource.Items()

Revision as of 02:25, 8 October 2011

This is a silent installer for distributing additional fonts. Always be sure to be entitled to use the fonts you are distributing.

Batch File Method

Basic info

To install new fonts on a Windows machine, you have to do two things:

  • copy the font file to %WINDIR%\Fonts\ directory,
  • add a registry entry.

Example Batch file

An example.bat file would look like this: 

%COMSPEC% /c copy /Y "%SOFTWARE%\Fonts\*.TTF" "%WINDIR%\Fonts\"
regedit /s "%SOFTWARE%\Fonts\add-fonts.reg"


Example Registry file

An example registry file would look like this: 

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts]
"Frankfurt Gothic (TrueType)"="FRANKGON.TTF"


Example XML install file for WPKG

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<packages>
<package id="additional-fonts" name="Additional fonts" revision="1" reboot="false" priority="950" execute="once">

  <install cmd='"%SOFTWARE%\Fonts\add-fonts.bat"' />

</package>
</packages>

VBScript Method

Example using a VBscript

The Microsoft Scripting Guys provide a .vbs solution that does not require a restart, as it copies the fonts using the shell object so windows automatically installs the new fonts. 

<package id="additional-fonts" name="Additional fonts" revision="1" reboot="false" priority="950" execute="once">
  <install cmd='wscript.exe "%SOFTWARE%\Packages\Fonts\FontInstall.vbs"' />
</package>

FontInstall.vbs: 

Const FONTS = &H14&

Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Set objFolder = objShell.Namespace(FONTS)
MyDir = left(Wscript.ScriptFullName,len(Wscript.ScriptFullName)- len(Wscript.ScriptName)-1)

objFolder.CopyHere MyDir &"\MyNewFont.ttf"

Or, to install all .ttf, .otf, .pfm, .fon files from the folder containing your FontInstall.vbs script: 

Const FONTS	= &H14&
 
Set objShell	= CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Set ofso	= CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
 
SourceFolder	= ofso.GetParentFolderName(Wscript.ScriptFullName)
Set oSource	= objShell.Namespace(SourceFolder)
Set oWinFonts	= objShell.Namespace(FONTS)

Set regEx	= New RegExp
regEx.IgnoreCase = True
regEx.Pattern	= "([\w\s]+?)(_[^_]*)?(\.(ttf|otf|pfm|fon))$"
 
FOR EACH FontFile IN oSource.Items()
	fontFileName = ofso.GetFileName(FontFile.Path)
	IF regEx.Test(fontFileName) THEN
		Set objMatch = regEx.Execute(fontFileName)
		win7FontFileName = objMatch.Item(0).Submatches(0) & objMatch.Item(0).Submatches(2)
		localFontPath = oWinFonts.Self.Path & "\" & fontFileName
		win7LocalFontPath = oWinFonts.Self.Path & "\" & win7FontFileName
		IF NOT ofso.FileExists(localFontPath) AND NOT ofso.FileExists(win7LocalFontPath) THEN
			oWinFonts.CopyHere FontFile.Path
		END IF
	END IF
NEXT

Inno Method

Example Inno Setup Script

Because I had problems with the registry setting I found another way to install fonts by writing an installer. Inno Setup makes this easy and a script like the following will package a number of fonts into a pseudo-application. 

[Files]
Source: C:\WINDOWS\Fonts\CALIBRI.TTF; DestDir: {fonts}; FontInstall: Calibri; Flags: onlyifdoesntexist uninsneveruninstall
Source: C:\WINDOWS\Fonts\FuturaStd-Book.otf; DestDir: {fonts}; FontInstall: FuturaStd-Book (OpenType); Flags: onlyifdoesntexist uninsneveruninstall fontisnttruetype
...

[Setup]
AppName=Font Installer
AppVerName=Font Installer 1.0
CreateAppDir=false
DisableProgramGroupPage=true
ShowLanguageDialog=no

The package definition would be 

<package id="additional-fonts" name="Additional fonts" revision="10" reboot="false" priority="950">
  <check type="uninstall" condition="exists" path="Font Installer 1.0" />
  <install cmd='%SOFTWARE%\font-setup.exe /sp- /silent /norestart' />
  <upgrade cmd='%SOFTWARE%\font-setup.exe /sp- /silent /norestart' />
</package>

Example Inno Setup Script PS Type 1 Fonts

I tested this with success on Windows XP Machines with PS Type 1 Fonts. Copy the font and add the registry entry in the right section. After a reboot the font is fully installed. Adopt the silent install script for WPKG from above. 

[Setup]
AppName=Font Installer
AppVerName=Font Installer 1.0
CreateAppDir=false
DisableProgramGroupPage=true
ShowLanguageDialog=no

[Files]
; FontInstall does not work with my SP3
Source: "BENSCNBL.PFB"; DestDir: "{fonts}"; Flags: onlyifdoesntexist
Source: "BENSCNBL.pfm"; DestDir: "{fonts}"; Flags: onlyifdoesntexist

[Registry]
; Create Registry entrys for the fonts
Root: HKLM; Subkey: "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Type 1 Installer\Type 1 Fonts"; ValueType: multisz; ValueName: "BentonSansCond Black"; ValueData: "T{break}BENSCNBL.pfm{break}BENSCNBL.PFB"; Flags: uninsdeletevalue

MS fontinst.exe Method

Microsoft has a very underused app called fontinst.exe. You can pass a .inf file as parameter to fontinst.exe and it will install a list of fonts for you.

The .inf file is formatted like this: 

[fonts]
font01.TTF
font02.TTF
font03.TTF

Just pop the exe, ttf's and the inf in a folder and call it like this: 

fontinst.exe /F MyFontName.inf

However, fontinst.exe appears to be a 16bit application, and will not run on an x64 system.

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