Install PostScript Fonts

Author: Jan (talk, contrib)

Note

This script is based on the Advanced Font Installation script, which only works TrueType and bitmapped fonts. It's still a very early version, which requires two steps to install a font. Within the next days, I plan to merge those two functions.

Description

These functions can be used to determine the name of a PostScript/Type 1 font and install it properly. The name-detection is maybe a bit clumsy, as it depends on the availability of an .inf file coming along the with font.

Function

; !insertmacro InstallType1 "C:\PathTo\MyFontB.pfm" "My Font Bold" "MyFontB"
!macro InstallType1 FontPath FontName FontBase
  Push $0
  Push $R0
  Push $R1
  Push $R2
 
   !define Index 'Line${__LINE__}'
 
  SetOutPath $FONTS
  IfFileExists "$FONTS\${FontBase}.pfm" ${Index}
  CopyFiles '${FontPath }' "$FONTS"
 
${Index}:
ClearErrors
  ReadRegStr $R0 HKLM "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" "CurrentVersion"
  IfErrors "${Index}-Error" "${Index}-GO"
 
"${Index}-Error:"
  MessageBox MB_OK|MB_ICONEXCLAMATION "PostScript fonts can only be installed in Windows 2000 or later!"
  goto "${Index}-End"
 
"${Index}-GO:"
  ClearErrors
  IfErrors 0 "${Index}-Add"
  MessageBox MB_OK "Error: ${FontBase}.pfm"
  Quit
 
"${Index}-Add:"
    ClearErrors
    ${registry::Write} "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Type 1 Installer\Type 1 Fonts" "${FontName}" "T ${FontBase}.pfm ${FontBase}.pfb" "REG_MULTI_SZ" $R0
    System::Call "GDI32::AddFontResourceA(t) i ('${FontBase}.pfm|${FontBase}.pfb') .s"
    goto "${Index}-End"
 
"${Index}-End:"
 
  !undef Index
 
  Pop $R2
  Pop $R1
  Pop $R0
  Pop $0
!macroend

Changelog

[2008-07-24] first public release

Additional Resources

-t1tools is a collection of programs and batch files useful for handling type 1 fonts on MSDOS and Unix systems.
-PostScript fonts at Wikipedia