Can't install fonts in WinXP

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From: Alun Griffiths
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 14:46

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Just rebuilding my PC after a crash and trying to do things the "proper" way.... ?! We have CS and various old versions of Illustrator (v7 & v8) from which I previously installed Gill Sans fonts onto my PC via ATM lite - these fonts came with Illustrator v7 but not (apparently) later versions. Other posts on this form say that ATM is *NOT* needed in XP and that it should be possible to install the fonts via Control Panel | Fonts.

However, when I do this I get the message "unable to install the font. File GNEB____.PFB is either invalid or damaged". Anyone any ideas why this is? In the previous build of my PC the only way to make these "old" Gill Sans fonts available to WinWord etc was via ATM. Assuming that I can install them without ATM, is there any way to let WinWord use these fonts without ATM also?

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