I wanted to email a non standard font (Alley Cat) to someone who is
going to print up my power point slides.  But instead of copying the
font to my desktop folder, I moved them.  Now it seems I can't just
move them back as I get an error "Unable to install font.  File
"...\ALLB___.PFB is either invalid or damaged."

Is there a way to undo this or is the file really damaged?  It seems
that I can pay to download the font, but isn't there a way to undo the
"move"?  Any other suggestions?  Including if I have to download it
does it matter what site I use?

Hi maui20-ga.

I suppose that during the moving, the file got corrupted and thus
cannot be reinstalled. However, windows would have undid the move if
you have right-clicked and clicked "Undo Move" in the fonts folder
IMMEDIATELY after you realised the mistake. Not very useful now, but
will be applicable should it happen again.

Have you tried sending the file to your friend? Was he able to install
it successfully? If so, then it could be some other problem.

Downloading the from different sites usually will give you the same
font nevertheless.

Cheers

dyknight

Try doing a system restore, restore your computer(restore point) to a
date prior to losing your font, and after you got the font to start of
with.

the font is probably on one of your computer's OS cd's and you can
load the cd and search for the fonts directory.
and if not you can just find the font online and put it back this
place seems promising http://www.fonts.com/FindFonts/