Summary

Synopsis

The Windows Installer Service has a built-in Font table, which contains information for registering fonts. Information in this table is used by the RegisterFonts and UnRegisterFonts actions for registering and unregistering fonts on the target machine.

Discussion

Listed below are basic steps for installing fonts via an MSI-based installation using the various products.

Express

To install fonts using InstallShield Express, insert your font in the FontsFolder or any pre-defined folder. The Express builder internally populates the Font table for registering the font at run time.

If you are installing a font that is not a true type font, do the following:

1. Right-click on the font in your Destination Files view.
2. Navigate to its properties to give the Font a default title. This is required because fonts with a .fon extension do not have the font title embedded in them, which can result in build-time error 4500.

1. Launch the Component Wizard.
2. Select the second radio button in the Welcome panel, which specifies 'Let me select a type and define the component myself.'
3. Beneath the radio button, select the Fonts option and complete the dialogs that follow to pick a font file from your system. This automatically populates the Font table for you. This entry is located in the Font table, which is accessible via the Direct Editor. You can also edit the Font table directly as well.

Additional Information

For more information, see the Windows Installer Help Library topic on the Font Table and the InstallShield help topic for installing fonts.