>>>I am working with a FPD 2.6 app that we want to run in VFP6 or 7. The application runs without any problems with one exception. In DOS the user was presented with a menu in a box surrounded with graphical characters, e.g. chr(178),chr(177),chr(176). Using VFP6 and setting _screen.fontname='foxfont' does not always work. It depends on the machines it is running on. For example, on an NT4 machine it did not work until I put foxfont in the fonts folder. On a W2K machine nothing we tried has worked. Changing the menu would not be a problem but after reviewing the app we discovered that characters like chr(4) are used throughout the app. A rewrite is planned but getting this good 'ole app to run as is for now would be a great help. Any ideas??
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>>Are you actually installing FoxFont, or just copying the files to the fonts folder?
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>I just copied the fonts to the folder. You may be right. It looks to me that that type of font must be installed. Do you agree?

It's an easy thing to try... under W2K, Start...Settings...Control Panel, open Fonts, then on the menu click on File...Install New Font.

A font can also be installed programmatically:
How do I install a font into Windows programmatically? FAQ #7812