how to install fonts

human-0-idAugust 23, 2003 at 6:13 AM#

Hi!
How do I install fonts with NSIS?
Is there a built-in function or I have to use
a special plugin?
I did not find anything on this in the docs.

Afrow UKAugust 23, 2003 at 9:06 AM#

I think you just need to extract the fonts to $WINDIR\fonts then do a reboot.

-Stu

human-0-idAugust 23, 2003 at 2:08 PM#

Originally posted by Afrow UK
I think you just need to extract the fonts to $WINDIR\fonts then do a reboot.

-Stu

That's what I did, and to avoid the reboot I would exec $windir\fonts,
so that an explorer window launches and the system refreshes the fontlist, but I was looking for a more elegant way to do this without a reboot.

cchianAugust 23, 2003 at 4:17 PM#

Take a look at this thread: http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....341#post976341

Afrow UKAugust 23, 2003 at 9:09 PM#

That topic brings back memories!

-Stu 😁

human-0-idAugust 26, 2003 at 7:40 AM#

Originally posted by Afrow UK
That topic brings back memories!

-Stu 😁

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
So far, beside using the fonts.dll plugin the best
way I have found to register fonts without a plugin is
this piece of code:



!include WinMessages.nsh

System::Call "GDI32::AddFontResourceA(t) i ('IPAFONT.TTF') .s"

Pop $0

# $0 is zero if the function failed

SendMessage ${HWND_BROADCAST} ${WM_FONTCHANGE} 0 0

It works.
The question is: Would it be Ok to use wildcards with this command or
I have to write one command per font?

kichikAugust 28, 2003 at 10:49 AM#

AddFontResource doesn't support wildcards. You can use FindFirst, FindNext and FindClose to find all of the files matching the criteria and call AddFontResource on each one of the results.