Emulator Returns the Error: Cannot Load Lucida Typewriter Font

ID: Q161192

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft SNA Server, versions 2.0, 2.1, 2.11, and 3.0

SYMPTOMS

When you start the SNA Server Windows NT 3270 applet, the following message appears:

   Cannot load Lucida Typewriter font. Please ensure that ltype.ttf is in
   the windows system directory.

CAUSE

There are three known causes of this error.

1. A client setup problem in SNA Server 2.11 that resulted in the font not

   being installed under certain conditions. If the Ltype.ttf file is
   missing from the <ntroot>\system32 directory, refer to the following 
   article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

      ARTICLE-ID: Q139379
      TITLE: SNA Server Error: Cannot Load Lucida Typewriter Font

   This problem was fixed in SNA Server, version 2.11 Service Pack 1 (SP1).

2. If you are running a copy of Windows from a network share. When a 3270

   emulator is started, it dynamically creates the Lucida TrueType header
   file, Ltype.fot, on the server (assuming you have write-access to the
   share) and removes this file when exiting the emulator. If the Ltype.fot
   file is not present on the server and you don't have write access to it, 
   you will get the error above.

3. Corrupt TrueType header file, Ltype.fot or a conflicting Raster Font

   file, Ltype.fon.

RESOLUTION

1. For the setup problem, apply SP1 or follow the workaround in the Microsoft

   Knowledge Base article listed above.

2. When using a shared copy of Windows, install the Lucida TrueType font

   (via the Font control panel program), and then set Ltype.fot to be a read-
   only file on the server sharepoint.

3. If Ltype.ttf is installed and a shared copy of the operating system is not

   being used, rename or remove both Ltype.fot and Ltype.fon.

Additional reference words: prodsna

Keywords          : prodsna kbsna sna3270 snawinnt 
Version           : 2.0 2.1 2.11 3.0
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: November 8, 1997