Windows 10: Bizarre Font Installation problem

Hey fam
So some really bizarre shit is happening to me, and I'm at the end of my rope after basically none of my solutions, or the ones I was able to find online have worked. The type of problem I'm having is so niche I'm not even sure how to word it in Google to find the correct answer. This is the closest thread I could find, and nothing I've tried from here worked.

So I'm making a promo image for a client, and they sent over 2 font families they'd like me to use in it.
I did what I usually do, just dragged those bad boys into the windows font folder and tried to get to work.
However, when I got into photoshop, only one font from each family was showing up. I figured I just messed up, so I copied them all over again, and still nothing was working. I tried a myriad of uninstalling/reinstalling nonsense until I noticed something extra weird: Only the first font from each family that I installed was made available in any program I wanted to use it in.

For example: If I installed "Example_thin.otf, Example_regular.otf, and, Example_Heavy.otf" in that order, only Example_thin would show up. But if I started with Heavy, then the heavy font would show up. To make matters extra frustrating, the complete font family would show up in the control panel version of the font menu, but not in the Fonts folder. Windows is super convinced that all the fonts that aren't showing up are installed, but I just can't use them - even when I try to install the missing fonts again, I'll get the error message: "The font is already installed, do you want to replace it?"

Any ideas?

TL;DR - Trying to install 2 font families, but only the first font from each family that is installed is able to be used.

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FONTS

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

I understand your inconvenience. We will assist you with it.

I suggest you to follow the instruction provided below and check.

Step 1:

• Download the font type you want to install.
• Right click and click on install.
• Check if you are able to view the fonts in documents.

Or

Step 2:

• Download the font type you want to install.
• Open Control Panel.
• Click on fonts.
• Now, drag and drop the downloaded fonts in the font’s folder.

Hope this information helps. If you have any queries, let us know. Will be happy to assist you.

Thank you.

 

Font Installation and Use Problem in Windows 10

I have two computers with Windows 10 installed (one an upgrade from Windows 7, the other an original Windows 10 installation)



A new project requires the following OpenType fonts in TheSerifBlack font family:

TheSerifBlack-Caps

TheSerifBlack-CapsItalic

TheSerifBlack-Italic

TheSerifBlack-Plain



While the fonts install using the usual procedure for font installation in Windows 10 (right click on the font and select "install" from the dropbox menu), only two of the four fonts are available in InDesign.
Here are some additional facts that may help narrow down the source of the problem:

1. If I go to the Fonts (either through the Fonts Control Panel or in the actual fonts directory [C:\Windows\Fonts]) only two are displayed, in the following order in the Font List: TheSerifBlack-Caps,
then TheSerifBlack-CapsItalic

2. If I delete the first (leftmost in the horizontal listing), *then* TheSerifBlack-Plain font appears and is available in InDesign (but the "-Caps" font is now gone in the Windows Fonts listing and is
unavailable in InDesign). Similarly, if I delete the second (rightmost in the horizontal listing), *then* TheSerifBlack-Italic font appears and is available in InDesign (but the "-CapsItalic" font is gone form the Windows Fonts listing and is now unavailable
in InDesign).

3. Oddly, if I use a TrueType version of the font, *the same thing happens*. This suggests that perhaps the problem is that something about the *name* of the fonts (screen names are the same for both OTF
and TTF versions) conflicts with some other fonts in my system.

All available updates for Windows 10 are installed.



Also, the direct cut-and-paste method for installing the font in the Windows Font folder (something some Windows users suggest as a solution to missing-fonts in a typeface family problems like mine) does not
solve the problem.



I am at a loss how to proceed. I hope someone out there has a solution and await word back.



Desperate in Boulder,

 

Fonts

Hello,

I found these steps in this forum from back in 2010:

Step 1:

I would suggest you to try these steps and check whether it helps in fixing your issue.

Open font settings by clicking on start, click on control panel, and then click on appearance and personalization, under fonts click on change font settings. And select the font size.

Step 2:

If you’re trying to change windows font size then please follow the steps below:

To change Windows fonts

1. Open Appearance Settings by clicking the Start button and then clicking Control Panel. In the search box, type window color, and then click Change window colors and
metrics.

2. In the Item list, click the part of Windows that you want to change the font for. For example, if you want to change the menu font, click Menu in the list. Then, make any of the following changes:

· In the Font list, click the font that you want to use.

· In the Size list, click the font size that you want.

· In the Color list, click the font color that you want.

3. Repeat these steps for each item that you want to make changes to, and then click OK.

Does that help?