I've been having trouble for a while with my fonts. For example in Microsoft Word Times New Roman is not Times New Roman. It is from size 11 below, but at size 12 it's some generic font i can't recognize. I've tried deleting Times New Roman and reinstalling it. I can't figure it out, and it's messing up my assignments. I also haven't found a definitive answer on how to restore all Vista fonts on google. Anyone else had font troubles like this?

-I think my only option now is the SFC/scannow repair. Gonna try that and see if that works. Hopefully it'll restore all my fonts.

[Edited on February 10, 2009 at 8:09 PM. Reason : ,]

2/10/2009 7:44:54 PM

This is really really really annoying. I did the SFC/scannow repair. Microsoft Word still won't display Times New Roman size 12. I even tried reinstalling Microsoft Office.

Wordpad on the other hand displays Times New Roman 12 just fine. What the hell is going on.

2/10/2009 8:25:35 PM

Does it still say Times New Roman in the font bar when at size 12 or above?

Change the font to Calibri and try and type something...is that the "generic font?"

2/10/2009 8:31:40 PM

create a new document, copy all the text in the old document, paste in the new document using Paste As... (the drop down on the paste button on the ribbon) and paste as unformatted text.

Then change it to times new roman.

Also, check your region and language settings in control panel.

2/10/2009 8:40:00 PM

^^No it's not formatting. Times New Roman 12 is something weird. Times New Roman 11 is fine.

^I can open a blank document in Microsoft Word and set it to Times New Roman 12 and it won't work.



A: Times New Roman size 12 on wordpad
B: Times New Roman size 12 on Microsoft Word 07
C: Times New Roman size 11 on Microsoft Word 07

Both A and C appear fine. 12 is fucked. What the hell.

[Edited on February 10, 2009 at 8:54 PM. Reason : .]

2/10/2009 8:42:04 PM

Yeah, that's what I thought...it's defaulting to Calibri for some reason. Still hittin' the google machine, but perhaps that can help your search....


...could try this:
http://www.zdnetasia.com/techguide/office/0,39044682,62034990,00.htm

Also, if you open a brand new word doc and type some stuff, does the same thing happen? That looks like a template that perhaps was provided by someone else, so it might have some odd headings assigned...

[Edited on February 10, 2009 at 8:48 PM. Reason : all I can think of]

[Edited on February 10, 2009 at 8:53 PM. Reason : ]

2/10/2009 8:45:53 PM

^Yes.



Makes no sense.

^Times New Roman 12 seems to be Calibri 13. As seen in the next picture using photoshop. (times works fine in photoshop and any other non-word program):

2/10/2009 8:53:12 PM

Absolutely boggling. I've googled everything i could think of..."times new roman appears as calibri," etc. Sorry.

2/10/2009 8:58:10 PM

right click on the "Normal" box and change it to Times New Roman

2/10/2009 9:06:54 PM

^wheres that.

Ok this is new. Just opened up another copy of the lab (.doc compared to .docx) and scrolled to the same introduction paragraph. Both are set to Times New Roman 12 and both are very different fonts.





[Edited on February 10, 2009 at 9:11 PM. Reason : .]

2/10/2009 9:07:36 PM

It's the box that says "AaBbCcDd" and "Normal"

2/10/2009 9:14:25 PM

^i don't think that has anything to do with my problem. I'm fully aware the default font for Office 07 is Calibri 11.

Might have something to do with that after all. Maybe the normal wasn't set correctly. Stil doesn't explain everything. But i think i got TNR 12 to work now.

V It's not a font issue. Something with the styles applied to the old ass template my Lab class is using.

[Edited on February 10, 2009 at 9:20 PM. Reason : .]

2/10/2009 9:16:07 PM

you have something very very wacky happening with templates/styles in Word.

If it works in wordpad, it is not a font issue.

Is this an older format word doc? Check to see what back-compat settings you have turned on.

Honestly, my best suggestion is to completely reinstall Office. Something got fugged up somewhere and it's ~25 minutes just just reinstall the whole thing fresh.

2/10/2009 9:17:59 PM

Quote :

"I even tried reinstalling Microsoft Office."

2/10/2009 9:20:54 PM

Now i feel stupid. Somehow the normal setting must have been screwed up. But different for .docs and .docxs. I still don't understand. If you tell Word to display Times New Roman 12, no matter what the style setting is, shouldn't it still be TNR? And not something else?

[Edited on February 10, 2009 at 9:26 PM. Reason : .]

2/10/2009 9:25:50 PM

So it was the headings and such. Well good.

2/10/2009 9:29:37 PM

I guess so. If you have a bunch of Times New Roman 12 set to a different style it could be a completely different font. The funny thing is i don't think i've ever messed with those settings.

2/10/2009 9:32:38 PM