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Hi All,
Ran into a odd problem after installing SP3 here at work.
I was working on the new website design for the schools and the district, and noticed ALL the pages that had Arial Black fonts had become Arial Black Italized!!
It all has to do with MS putting out a new Arial Black version (2.40) with SP3. Luckily, the fix for this is easy.
Create a restore point (not 100% necessary, but never hurts either)
Go to C:\WINDOWS\Fonts folder and delete the Arial Black file. (ariblk.ttf ver. 2.40)
Now go to C:\WINDOWS\$NtServicePackUninstall$ and find ariblk.ttf (ver 2.35) copy it and paste it into the C:\WINDOWS\Fonts folder.
You should now have a normal Arial Black, and the italized button will work when you want it to!
R
Hi All,
Ran into a odd problem after installing SP3 here at work.
I was working on the new website design for the schools and the district, and noticed ALL the pages that had Arial Black fonts had become Arial Black Italized!!
It all has to do with MS putting out a new Arial Black version (2.40) with SP3. Luckily, the fix for this is easy.
Create a restore point (not 100% necessary, but never hurts either)
Go to C:\WINDOWS\Fonts folder and delete the Arial Black file. (ariblk.ttf ver. 2.40)
Now go to C:\WINDOWS\$NtServicePackUninstall$ and find ariblk.ttf (ver 2.35) copy it and paste it into the C:\WINDOWS\Fonts folder.
You should now have a normal Arial Black, and the italized button will work when you want it to!
R
I was ecstatic to find this solution. The rest of the marketing department and I were frustrated when we ran into this and our IT department said they didn't know why it was doing that and never got back to us. I found this solution, fixed my computer and my collegues' and told IT. My IT department chastised me and is telling me that the SP3 version is how Arial Black is SUPPOSED to look, and now I'm out of date. I think they're mistaken, because Arial Black was showing up correctly in Word, but in Italics in PowerPoint and LotusNotes (our e-mail system).Hi All,
Ran into a odd problem after installing SP3 here at work.
I was working on the new website design for the schools and the district, and noticed ALL the pages that had Arial Black fonts had become Arial Black Italized!!
It all has to do with MS putting out a new Arial Black version (2.40) with SP3. Luckily, the fix for this is easy.
Create a restore point (not 100% necessary, but never hurts either)
Go to C:\WINDOWS\Fonts folder and delete the Arial Black file. (ariblk.ttf ver. 2.40)
Now go to C:\WINDOWS\$NtServicePackUninstall$ and find ariblk.ttf (ver 2.35) copy it and paste it into the C:\WINDOWS\Fonts folder.
You should now have a normal Arial Black, and the italized button will work when you want it to!
R
Hello Cassie, welcome to IC.I was ecstatic to find this solution. The rest of the marketing department and I were frustrated when we ran into this and our IT department said they didn't know why it was doing that and never got back to us. I found this solution, fixed my computer and my collegues' and told IT. My IT department chastised me and is telling me that the SP3 version is how Arial Black is SUPPOSED to look, and now I'm out of date. I think they're mistaken, because Arial Black was showing up correctly in Word, but in Italics in PowerPoint and LotusNotes (our e-mail system).
Does anyone know if Microsoft intended to make Arial Black an italic? I couldn't find anything about the topic in Microsoft's online support. The closest I came was a problem where making Arial Black bold put it in italics. Why someone would make a black font bold is a whole other issue.
Any information would be much appreciated.
Hello Cassie, welcome to IC.
MS did not intend to make Arial Black permanently italic - It would be called Arial Black Italic if that were the case. Somebody at MS gave it the wrong font name. This is a glitch, but such a minor one, that they will probably never do anything about it.
Between you and me, your IT dept didn't have a solution and is trying to save face by stating your PC is now out of date. This is a font, not a security patch. It's no different than if you installed a group of fonts from the web, or another application..
Cassie
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