Font 'Arial' does not support style 'Regular'. (1 Viewer)

[bt86bt]

This is just a thread about a problem I had, and fixed by myself. Since I searched first and found nobody else had this before I thought I post my solution in case somebody else have the same problem and search for it. No need to reply to this thread.
Sympton: Neither MP or MP config will start. Error :

2009-05-27 14:58:01.134361 [ERROR][MPMain]: D3D: InitializeDeviceObjects - Exception: System.ArgumentException: Font 'Arial' does not support style 'Regular'.
at System.Drawing.Font.CreateNativeFont()
at System.Drawing.Font.Initialize(FontFamily family, Single emSize, FontStyle style, GraphicsUnit unit, Byte gdiCharSet, Boolean gdiVerticalFont)
at System.Drawing.Font.Initialize(String familyName, Single emSize, FontStyle style, GraphicsUnit unit, Byte gdiCharSet, Boolean gdiVerticalFont)
at System.Drawing.Font..ctor(String familyName, Single emSize, FontStyle style)
at MediaPortal.GUI.Library.GUIFont.Create(String fileName, FontStyle style, Int32 Size)
at MediaPortal.GUI.Library.GUIFont.Load()
at MediaPortal.GUI.Library.GUIFontManager.LoadFonts(String strFilename)
at MediaPortalApp.InitializeDeviceObjects()
at MediaPortal.D3DApp.InitializeEnvironment()

Problem: Your Arial.tff is corrupted, maybe during windows update (as happend for me during BSOD).
Solution: Download a new arial.tff and install it. Problem solved. (I found one on rapidshare, use your own way).
Again, no need to reply to this thread. Thanks for me.
TV-Server Version:
MediaPortal Version: 1.0.2
MediaPortal Skin: Black & White 1080
Windows Version: Vista SP1 Ultimate
CPU Type: Intel E6750
HDD: Western Digital 500gb+
Memory: 4gb corsair
Motherboard: Abit something
Video Card: nVidia 9800 GTX+ 1gb
Video Card Driver: Latest official nvidia
Sound Card: XFi gamer and AC97
Sound Card AC3:
Sound Card Driver: Latest xfi official
1. TV Card:
1. TV Card Type:
1. TV Card Driver:
2. TV Card:
2. TV Card Type:
2. TV Card Driver:
3. TV Card:
3. TV Card Type:
3. TV Card Driver:
4. TV Card:
4. TV Card Type:
4. TV Card Driver:
MPEG2 Video Codec: SAF
MPEG2 Audio Codec: SAF
h.264 Video Codec: Haali splitter
Satelite/CableTV Provider:
HTPC Case:
Cooling: Lots of huge fans
Power Supply: 600w+
Remote:
TV: 40 inch samsung full-hd
TV - HTPC Connection: HDMI

 

[kenwonders]

I had this on a friends HTPC, I couldn't believe what I was seeing so of course didn't go straight for the arial.ttf file. Do you know how you caused it? We couldn't quite work that out.

 

[bt86bt]

I had this on a friends HTPC, I couldn't believe what I was seeing so of course didn't go straight for the arial.ttf file. Do you know how you caused it? We couldn't quite work that out.

I can't tell for sure since I at the same time had a BlueScreenOfDeath, updated Vista, unistalled a few programms, updated my nvidia card, mocked around with msconfig and services, lol. (Yeah, no wonder that the system would f*ck up).

So sorry, cant help you with that .

 

[WillWright]

I had exactly the same problem on a Windows 7 installation. Reinstalling the arial fonts solved the problem. I have no idea how the font became corrupt in the first place.

Will