WordArt: "Could Not Load Necessary Font Files..." Error Message

• Microsoft WordArt, version 1.0
• Microsoft Windows versions 3.0, 3.1

SYMPTOMS

If you try to create an object with Microsoft WordArt (which ships with Microsoft Publisher version 1.0; Microsoft Word for Windows versions 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0b, and 2.0c; and Microsoft Publisher Design Pack version 1.0), you may receive the following error message:

Microsoft WordArt could not load necessary font files. Please ensure WordArt is properly installed.

RESOLUTION

To correct this problem, follow these steps:

1. Rename or delete the current copy of Fontfx.fnt (if it exists).



2. Run the Setup program for the application with which you received WordArt. (To do this, place Disk 1 from the application in either drive A or B, click Run on the File menu, and type A:\SETUP or B:\SETUP at the command prompt.



3. The Setup program then prompts you to select either a default or a custom setup installation. Choose the custom installation.



4. A checklist of various program components is displayed. If there is an option for WordArt by itself, select that option only. If not, select the Program Files option.



5. Place the appropriate disk in the appropriate drive when prompted by the Setup program.

MORE INFORMATION

Some applications, such as Microsoft Publisher, have methods for manually decompressing files from the distribution disks. If the application supports this, Fontfx.fnt can simply be decompressed from the disks and copied to the Windows\Msapps\Wordart directory. For more information, query on the following words in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

<the name of the application> and manual and decompress and file

Additional query words: 1.00 1.00a 1.0x 1.00z 2.00a 2.00b 2.00c errmsg unable

Keywords : kberrmsg kbole kbtool kbdta
Version : :1.0; WINDOWS:3.0,3.1
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb