Installing custom fonts on Windows

Hey everybody,

A few patrons have come to the desk recently asking for some help installing a custom font package onto whichever Windows computer they are using. So normally this wouldn't be a big deal, except for the fact that Windows 7 gives a a rather ineffective error message when you try to do the install on one of our machines.

Exhibit A: The suspect error message; Don't believe its lies...

As you can see, Windows returns an error message saying that the custom font you are trying to install is not a valid font. That being said, the font is actually a valid font, so what gives?

The solution is simple, if someone asks to install a custom font on one of our machines then you need to go to that person's machine and install the font using the administrator account. Windows 7 doesn't allow users to install custom fonts if they aren't logged into an admin account, which is probably a good thing. 

The problem is that instead of displaying a message that says "You need to be an admin," you get a message that almost makes it seem like there is something wrong with your custom font. So if anyone isn't happy with the 1,210,314 fonts that seem to already be installed, now you know how to install more for them!