It seems Microsoft has introduced a serious bug with font handling in their new "update". There are many complaints in Internet describing unexpected issues with fonts.
Today the issue we discussing in this topic has occurred on our test computer with Windows 10 + Creators Update:
Edition: Windows 10 Pro
Version: 1703
OS Build: 15063.296
We see the "white" preview for many fonts in the Wordpad font list and in FontExpert.
The "white" fonts are present in Windows memory, but having incorrect preview (just not working).
Some "white" fonts are located in Windows Fonts folder, some are outside Fonts folder. Some fonts are OpenType/CFF, some are OpenType/TrueType, some fonts are TrueType.
At the same time there are OpenType and TrueType fonts that are loaded and previewed correctly and are located in Fonts folder or also working but are located outside Fonts folder.
There is no consistent pattern on the reason why some fonts are working and some fonts are not.
How to make "white" fonts working (manually):If you started computer and found that some fonts are not working (like on the image above in Wordpad menu):1) Go to FontExpert (or use other software if you are not a user of FontExpert)2) Select the fonts that are previewed as "white" samples3) Uninstall them4) Install them5) Exit FontExpert, run it again (this step is optional, but needed to make FontExpert to create new preview of the fonts in internal cache)But be ready that the issue may occur again on the next Windows session (after shutdown).
(We have not found better solution yet.)
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We think this is a bug of Microsoft included in the latest Windows Update (called "Creators Update").The issue occurs in Windows 10, Version 1703, OS Build 15063.296.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The solution: FontsReloaderPlease try the following utility, called
FontsReloader.
If you see "white fonts", run this utility once (manually, double click it).
How to start FontsReloader on each Windows start up:
1) Copy FontsReloader_x64.exe to "C:\Program Files\FontExpert\"
2) Double click FontsReloader_x64_add_to_Run.reg file and confirm adding information to Registry.
Please reply, have it helped to fix the issue on your computer.