I have a Dell Inspiron 570 Desktop computer, and Word 2010. Under C:>Windows>Fonts is a list of all of the fonts the computer has. But when I try to bring up the Font dialog box in MS Word, the particular font–Bookshelf Symbol 2–does not appear, although it’s in the hard-drive list, as noted before. How do I get it into the Font dialog box so I can use it?
This isn’t exactly the answer you were looking for, but I think safe practice on any Windows machine is to limit yourself to Courier New, Times New Roman, Arial, and Symbol.
I have Bookshelf Symbols 7 in Word 2007, so some symbol fonts are allowed. I’ve had instances where a particular font is not available in third-party software like PhotoShop but expect a Windows font should be available for Microsoft programs. Not all of them generate characters, some are for non-English character sets; but they’re all on the menu and the Symbols fonts are probably generic to all languages.
Bookshelf 2 appears to be primarily for the accented characters in non-English languages and various fractions. Are you sure that the font is actually installed? Is it available to other programs?
I do not seem to have Bookshelf Symbols 2 installed, but do have Bookshelf Symbols 7. It is not something I ever knowingly installed, probably part of Windows 7. I can access it easily enough in both Word (2003) and even in Notepad, and it shows some whacky symbols instead of the regular letters. (Oooh, ee makes boobies. :))
These symbol fonts are not much use for typing in anyway. They are probably normally accessed by Word when you use the “insert symbol” function. Perhaps Word 2010 deliberately prevents you from accessing it the “wrong” way. (That sounds like something Microsoft would do.)
When you look at it through Windows Explorer and click on it to view the fonts what internal name does it have? Is the install button lit up waiting for it to be installed?
How do you do that? I’ve never specifically used Windows Explorer–separate, I assume, from access to the Internet, if that makes sense–so I don’t know the procedure. If I do, I’ll click the Install button, assuming it isn’t in the “gray” phase. 
In point of fact I have about 1,100 fonts in my computer, of all kinds, from run-of-the-mill typefaces to non-alphabetic fonts of the strangest kind. And I have my own applications for them.
I suspect that with 1,100 fonts, it’s in MS Word but not where you expect it. Some of my programs break up fonts into different sections. Although they stay alphabetical, they are alpha within that section. Word 2007 doesn’t do this but so far nobody else with Word 2010 has chimed in. have you looked at the very bottom of the menu?
Is Bookshelf 2 a standard font or did you have to obtain it separately? Two of us have mentioned Bookshelf 7 but neither of us have Bookshelf 2. I have two fonts listed in my Word font menu where Word hasn’t picked up the actual name. They are at the bottom because of the alphabetical listing.
If you go to C:/windows/fonts and click on the filename for Bookshelf 2, does it pop up a window displaying the font? Alternatively, you could search for the font and click on the filename there. What is the three letter file type at the end of the file name - TTF, OTF, FON, PFM
None of the above. It’s “_0”.
You’re confusing Windows Explorer, the file manager program with Internet Explorer, the web browser. Though, don’t feel bad, if it were up to M$, they’d be one and the same and no one would ever use Firefox or Chrome, so, they kinda make it easy to confuse.
OK–I got to WE–but the install button was gray.
Bookshelf Symbol
Bookshelf Symbol 1 and Bookshelf Symbol 2 fonts are not proper symbol fonts. Because Word 2000 supports Unicode, these fonts are not usable in Word. In many cases, if a converted document contains these fonts, you see “empty” characters, represented by square boxes.
I never thought of that–but I do have No. 1 although not No. 2 (I also have Nos. 3 and 7). And I’ve made several attempts–all unsuccessful–to install Fraktur regular on my Desktop computer.
Have you tried typing the name in the font select window in Word?
Yes, and I get a message saying the font ‘is not available–do I want to use it anyway?’ If I hit the “Yes” button nothing happens.
Welp, my guess is that since Bookshelf 2 is licensed to Word 97 and not later Words, it won’t display unless you buy the current version from Monotype for twenty bucks.
BTW, did you try rebooting?
REBOOTING?! I’ve had the computer on and off for three days since I first tried to use that font!
You’re screwed for Bookshelf 2. It’s an obsolete font for MS Word. Now tell us what you use it for, and we can move forward with a solution. I’m certain there is another font that will fulfill your needs.