unknown default system font error

[uighur]

hi,
there's a error box indicated (COULD NOT COMPLETE YOUR REQUEST BECAUSE DEFAULT SYSTEM FONT COULDN'T BE OBTAINED) when i tried to add text into graphic by horizontal type tool(T) from the tool bar in photoshop 7.0.
please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[uighur]

thanks Dave
in my windows/fonts folder about 300 fonts are active, i am using XP, have just delete all the fonts except some default fonts such as arial,arial black and tried to type something. unfortunately, it keeps the same thing.
so what's the default system fonts?
where are they located?
why it happend?
thanks very much indeed

[uighur]

please help me,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, spend all my money on Photoshop CD. but it doesn't work.
what should i do now?

[dave milbut]

you pretty much need that cd. know someone who has it?

[uighur]

hi dave
thank you very much for your kindly advise, i am gonna give up using this photoshop anymore. cause i don't wanna spend any penny for XP cd.
if i did, i might not make ends meet this this month.
thanks again/

[dave milbut]

good luck.

[john roger]

hello uighur
last week i had problem like yours and can't do anything to solve the problem.
believe me , it is helpless to restore your default system fonts, cause it didn't work for me in default.
mine is XP as well.
adobe photoshop are absolutely rubish. wonder why they sell fucking products around the globe. think they must do something for you. what are these support forums for?
john

[burke even]

I just had the same problem opening graphics in GL templates, and just fixed it - Below is (in part) from an earlier post by LenHewitt - NOV. 2002 - it worked for me but I only have Win98SE, PS 7.0.1

I don't know how to link to it so I just pasted it in below.

THANKS LEN!!!!

BTW - asking for a refund on the PS cd seems a bit hasty. I mean, after all - these ARE computers we're dealing with here!

"It's possible that Windows System font has been deleted from your machine.

However, before trying to find which one, open Windows Explorer, do a search
for adobefnt*.LST files and delete them. (Don't worry, they will be rebuilt
by the Adobe application that created them). That may solve the problem."