"Free 3 of 9" barcode font not showing in VS2015

Question

_{Wednesday, August 26, 2015 8:31 PM}

I was using the "Free 3 of 9" barcode font (available for free download on many websites) in VS2012 on Windows 7 without any problem.

Now, when I try to use the same font in VS2015 on Windows 10, the barcode font is nowhere to be seen as a font selection.

However, strangely enough, it IS available as a font when changing the "display font" of a display item in the Options section of VS2015.  Also, all other programs can see the font, but not VS2015?!?!

I've uninstalled VS2015, removed the font, re-installed it, re-installed VS2015 but it still doesn't show as a font option in VS2015.

Is there someway to force/reset VS2015 to "see" the font?

Thanks,

John

All replies (10)

_{Wednesday, September 2, 2015 1:21 AM ✅Answered}

Vote it here:

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Have a nice day,

Jack

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_{Wednesday, August 26, 2015 9:36 PM | 1 vote}

I wouldn't believe the issue would be with VS 2015 although numerous issues with VS 2015 and Win 10 are seen more and more.

I should think it could be an issue with the Fonts properties if the Font is installed as a system font on Win 10. I don't have Win 10 and don't know anything about Win 10 either or how to install a font on Win 10.

On Win 7 you can path to the folder (C:\Windows\Fonts) that all system installed fonts are in and check their properties. Perhaps that Font is "blocked" or maybe some other issue is occuring with it. I would compare its various properties to the various properties of a font that an apps control in VS 2015 can display with no issue.

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_{Wednesday, August 26, 2015 10:10 PM}

I've moved this to the Visual Studio General Question forum as this does not appear to be specific to VB.Net.

Also, could you clarify where in VS2015 this issue occurs?  Please walk us through the steps to get to a font dialog where you expect the font to be listed.

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_{Thursday, August 27, 2015 3:48 PM | 1 vote}

Thanks Tina-Shi for helping.

I did make sure that the font file was Unblocked before installing it.  Also, I was able to install it the same way as on Windows 7 by simply copying the font file to the Win10 "C:\Windows\Fonts" folder.  I checked the Security and noticed that the user accounts were the same and their permissions were the same or greater.  Only one account "TrustedInstaller" wasn't there.

This problem does seem to be with VS2015 because I was able to enter text and change their fonts to the "Free 3 of 9" bar code font in both Windows 10's Notepad and Wordpad applications.

And, in VS2015 for example, if you create a new Windows Forms Application, then add a label control to the default form, then try to change the font to "Free 3 of 9" barcode font, it doesn't show up in the list of fonts.

You can download the "Free 3 of 9" barcode font here:  http://www.free-barcode-font.com

We use the "Free 3 of 9" barcode font to generate/print industry standard Code 39 barcodes in our application, and I'm assuming many others must be doing so as well.  Really would like to switch to VS2015 on Win10, but this is a major hold-up at this time.

Thanks, John

_{Friday, August 28, 2015 3:25 AM}

Hi John,

Thanks for your reply.

>>This problem does seem to be with VS2015 because I was able to enter text and change their fonts to the "Free 3 of 9" bar code font in both Windows 10's Notepad and Wordpad applications.

As you said that you are just get the "Free 3 of 9" barcode font issue for VS2015 on windows 10 machine and you said that you create a new Windows Forms Application, then add a label control to the default form, then try to change the font to "Free 3 of 9" barcode font, it doesn't show up in the list of fonts.

Could you please share me a screen shot where you want to see the list of fonts?

Did you write any code to change the font to "Free 3 of 9" barcode font for this windows form label?

If write, please share me detailed code about it so that we will help you further check this issue.

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_{Friday, August 28, 2015 4:53 PM}

Hi Tina-Shi,

Here's the screen shot:

I also tried to change the font using some code (shown below), but since VS2015 doesn't see the font, it just ignored it.

Me.Label1.Font = New Font("Free 3 of 9", 20, FontStyle.Regular)

Also, I was able to duplicate the problem on a separate computer with Windows 10 and VS2015.

Thanks, John

_{Monday, August 31, 2015 7:10 AM}

Hi John,

Thanks for your reply.

I tried to install this "Free 3 of 9" barcode on my machine with VS2015 Community from the following link:

http://www.barcodesinc.com/free-barcode-font/

And then re-start the machine, open VS2015 Community as Admin, then create a simple windows form app and add a label control.

Then I select the label Font property and then I found that I can see the  "Free 3 of 9" barcode font in the Fond dialog box.

So please try to re-install the "Free 3 of 9" barcode on your machine with VS2015 Community and refer the above steps to open VS again check this "Free 3 of 9" barcode  font again.

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_{Monday, August 31, 2015 9:33 PM}

Hi Tina-Shi,

I'm using VS2015 Pro and followed your steps.  I was able to see the "Free 3 of 9" font, but after selecting it, a new font called "New" was then shown (not "Free 3 of 9") and the text didn't show as bar codes (for scanning), but as Arial text.

Shown below is a screen shot showing when I selected the "Free 3 of 9" font, but then VS2015 for some mysterious reason, changes it to a "New" font and leaves out the bar codes characters.

Thanks, John

_{Tuesday, September 1, 2015 8:48 AM}

Hi John,

I think I could repro this issue in my side using the VS2015.

In windows 10:

In windows 8.1:

You can submit this feedback to Microsoft Connect feedback portal: http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/CreateFeedback.aspx,Microsoft engineers will evaluate them seriously.

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_{Tuesday, September 1, 2015 5:33 PM}

Thanks for helping confirm this bug.  I submitted a feedback documenting the bug using your link.

John