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As my font list and font settings show below, my fonts on Windows 7 are nowhere to be found. Any ideas how I can "find" my fonts? I'd like to copy a font file.

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Is there anything in %systemroot%\Fonts\ ? i.e. the actual folder in the file system the fonts live inside. – Windos Aug 2 '11 at 5:11
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Of course to actually check the Fonts folder, you’ll need to use the command-prompt, you can’t just navigate to it in Explorer. Open a command-prompt (cmd.exe) and check the Fonts folder: > dir c:\windows\fonts/s/o/a/p – Synetech Aug 2 '11 at 5:19
@Synetech inc. you can if you enabled viewing of hidden folders... – Breakthrough Aug 2 '11 at 21:55
@Breakthrough, nope, you can’t. The Fonts folder is special (due to its desktop.ini file) and is interpreted differently than a normal folder. Therefore, when you open it, instead of seeing a list of files, you see a list of folders. There are other such folders like the \Windows\Assembly; open it and see that you cannot see the files or folders, but rather the interpreted items. You can only see the actual files and folders on disk via the command-prompt. – Synetech Aug 3 '11 at 1:43
@Synetech inc. maybe that's a Windows 7 thing - I can see them as files on my XP machine (albeit with a slightly different layout). I can see the file size, type, font name, etc, all through Explorer. – Breakthrough Aug 3 '11 at 1:48
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Not sure if it's possible to mark a comment as an answer. Anyway, as Synetech inc. said:

"Of course to actually check the Fonts folder, you’ll need to use the command-prompt, you can’t just navigate to it in Explorer. Open a command-prompt (cmd.exe) and check the Fonts folder: > dir c:\windows\fonts/s/o/a/p"

Cheers mate!

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No, but you can upvote his comments. – Jay Mahendru Aug 3 '11 at 21:08
I can't yet it seems. – Jonathan Lingle Aug 3 '11 at 21:48
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Now you can. :) – Jay Mahendru Aug 3 '11 at 21:52
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