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| − | Because I had problems with the registry setting I found another way to install fonts by writing an installer. [[Inno Setup]] | + | 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. |
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Revision as of 07:22, 9 February 2010
This is a silent installer for distributing additional fonts. Always be sure to be entitled to use the fonts you are distributing.
Contents
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 will 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 will 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 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>
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=noThe 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>