>AddFontResource should be permanent; at least that's how I read the description in Rich Simon's "Win32 API SuperBible" in the examples for AddFontResource() and CreateScalableFontResource();

Hmm, okay. I haven't seen that particular reference, I was just taking MSDN's word for it when it says the font has to be in the registry to persist across reboots. My experience indicates that the reg key does need to be in place, but if it works for you, we're obviously doing the same thing, only differently. Either that, or the almighty MSDN lies. :-)