# Where have my fonts gone, and how do I get them back? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 26, 2000, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-my-fonts-gone-and-how-do-i-get-them-back/11116 "2000-04-26T02:12:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dave\_Marini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/278dde/32.png) [@Dave\_Marini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Marini)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2000, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-my-fonts-gone-and-how-do-i-get-them-back/11116/1 "2000-04-26T02:12:00Z")
My computer has somehow “lost” all fonts except for one, which is making my browser look like hell. When I use MSWord, there are no choice of font apart from Times Roman. What the hell is going on, and how do I get them back??? Computer gurus reply now… ---
**Author:** ![diamud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@diamud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diamud)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2000, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-my-fonts-gone-and-how-do-i-get-them-back/11116/2 "2000-04-26T02:22:00Z")
Have you tried running a search for them in explorer? Look in recycle bin too. If they are gone, download them off the internet, you obviously have internet access and it only takes a couple minutes. ---
**Author:** ![meara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@meara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meara)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2000, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-my-fonts-gone-and-how-do-i-get-them-back/11116/3 "2000-04-26T02:27:00Z")
Hopefully you know this, but \“when in doubt, reboot!”\ A couple of my applications (Corel PhotoPaint in particular) like to lose all their fonts once in a while. MSWord likes to screw up the fonts so they look like they’re slanted up at a 45 degree angle and don’t work right. Generally, a reboot does the trick. ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_Marini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/278dde/32.png) [@Dave\_Marini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Marini)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2000, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-my-fonts-gone-and-how-do-i-get-them-back/11116/4 "2000-04-26T04:16:00Z")
From which site can I download fonts? ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2000, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-my-fonts-gone-and-how-do-i-get-them-back/11116/5 "2000-04-26T04:19:00Z")
Paint Shop Pro likes to lose all my fonts. It generally does it every time if it is on for more than 20 minutes or so. Rebooting always brings them back. A search for “fonts” on any search engine will bring up thousands of font download sites. * * * – I have over 2000 posts, dammit! Show some respect. [http://fathom.org/opalcat/showmerespect.jpg](http://fathom.org/opalcat/showmerespect.jpg) O p a l C a t [www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com) NEW UBB board, all are welcome: [http://fathom.org/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi?action=intro](http://fathom.org/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi?action=intro) ---
**Author:** ![kookalouris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@kookalouris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kookalouris)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2000, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-my-fonts-gone-and-how-do-i-get-them-back/11116/6 "2000-04-26T13:24:00Z")
This happened to me once. I had my default printer accidently set to a very old printer, which couldn’t understand TrueType fonts, so the computer wouldn’t display them. Try selecting a more capable printer and see what happens.