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Downloads:

293,675

Downloads of v 0.0.3:

249

Last Update:

31 Oct 2020

Package Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Teknowledgist and Bill Curran

Tags:

fonthelp font helper unofficial extension add-font remove-font bcurran3

Chocolatey Font Helpers Extension

This is not the latest version of Chocolatey Font Helpers Extension available.

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0.0.3 | Updated: 31 Oct 2020

Downloads:

293,675

Downloads of v 0.0.3:

249

Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Teknowledgist and Bill Curran

Chocolatey Font Helpers Extension 0.0.3

This is not the latest version of Chocolatey Font Helpers Extension available.

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Deployment Method: Individual Install, Upgrade, & Uninstall

To install Chocolatey Font Helpers Extension, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To upgrade Chocolatey Font Helpers Extension, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To uninstall Chocolatey Font Helpers Extension, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

Deployment Method:

NOTE

This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.

1. Enter Your Internal Repository Url

(this should look similar to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/)


2. Setup Your Environment

1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment

Please see the organizational deployment guide

2. Get the package into your environment

  • Open Source or Commercial:
    • Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
    • You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download

3. Copy Your Script

choco upgrade chocolatey-font-helpers.extension -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" --version="'0.0.3'" [other options]

See options you can pass to upgrade.

See best practices for scripting.

Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.

If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:


choco upgrade chocolatey-font-helpers.extension -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" --version="'0.0.3'" 
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE

Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
  Exit 0
}

Exit $exitCode

- name: Install chocolatey-font-helpers.extension
  win_chocolatey:
    name: chocolatey-font-helpers.extension
    version: '0.0.3'
    source: INTERNAL REPO URL
    state: present

See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.


chocolatey_package 'chocolatey-font-helpers.extension' do
  action    :install
  source   'INTERNAL REPO URL'
  version  '0.0.3'
end

See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.


cChocoPackageInstaller chocolatey-font-helpers.extension
{
    Name     = "chocolatey-font-helpers.extension"
    Version  = "0.0.3"
    Source   = "INTERNAL REPO URL"
}

Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.


package { 'chocolatey-font-helpers.extension':
  ensure   => '0.0.3',
  provider => 'chocolatey',
  source   => 'INTERNAL REPO URL',
}

Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.


4. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation

See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.

Package Approved

This package was approved by moderator flcdrg on 31 Oct 2020.

Description

The chocolatey-font-helpers.extension provides helper functions to assist Chocolatey packages easily install and uninstall "loose" (i.e. without an installer) FNT, FON, OTF, TTC, and TTF fonts system-wide.

This extension is based on a MS Blog post and became all-but necessary when newer versions of Windows started redirecting the often-used AddFontFile() method into the user's profile rather than the C:\Windows\Fonts directory as it had for many previous years.

These functions may be used in your Chocolatey package install/uninstall scripts by declaring this package a dependency in your package's nuspec.

USAGE:

  • Single Font: Will return a "0" for success and a "1" for failure.

    Install-ChocolateyFont "FilePath\FontName.ext"
    Uninstall-ChocolateyFont "FontName.ext"

  • (New!) Multiple Fonts Will return the number of successful installs/uninstalls

    Install-ChocolateyFont $ListOfFontPathsOrFolder -multiple
    Uninstall-ChocolateyFont $ListOfFontFileNames -multiple

Let the easy-peasy font packages flow!


Click here to Patreon-ize the package maintainer.



extensions\FontHelp.psm1
$scriptRoot = Split-Path -Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition

$publicFunctions = @(
   'Install-ChocolateyFont',
   'Uninstall-ChocolateyFont'
)

$publicAliases = @(
   'Add-Font',
   'Remove-Font'
)

Get-ChildItem -Path "$scriptRoot\*.ps1" | ForEach-Object { . $_ }
Export-ModuleMember -Function $publicFunctions -Alias $publicAliases
extensions\Install-ChocolateyFont.ps1
<#
.SYNOPSIS
   Installs a font or set of fonts.

.DESCRIPTION
   This function copies fonts to the system Fonts folder, adds the font registry
   keys and installs the font resources.  
  
   It only works with FNT, FON, OTF, TTC, TTF fonts.

   By default, it accepts only a single font file path, but the -multiple
   switch allows it to accept either a folder path or a list of font
   path names where it will attempt to install all of them.

.EXAMPLE
   Installs a single font
      PS C:\> Install-ChocolateyFont "FilePath\FontName.ext"

.EXAMPLE
   Installs all fonts in a folder
      PS C:\> Install-ChocolateyFont "FullFolderPath" -multi

.EXAMPLE
   Installs all fonts contained in a list of file paths
      PS C:\> Install-ChocolateyFont $ListOfFontFilePaths -multi

.INPUTS
   A string font or folder path or an array of strings of paths to font files.

.OUTPUTS
   Default:  "0" for success, "1" for failure
   With -multiple switch:  The number of fonts successfully installed.

.NOTES
   Aliased as Add-Font.
#>
function Install-ChocolateyFont { 
   param(
      [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string[]]$Paths,
      [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)][switch]$Multiple=$false
   )
   
   # Establish some basic starting points
   $successes = 0
   $FontsFolder = (New-Object -ComObject Shell.Application).namespace(0x14).self.path
   $fontRegistryPath = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts'
   $FontFileTypes = @{
            '.fon' = ''
            '.fnt' = ''
            '.ttf' = ' (TrueType)'
            '.ttc' = ' (TrueType)'
            '.otf' = ' (OpenType)'
   }
   try { $LoadedType = [FontResource.AddRemoveFonts].ispublic } catch {$LoadedType = $false}
   if (-not $LoadedType) {
      New-FontResourceType
   }

   if (-not $Multiple) {
      If ($Paths.count -gt 1) {
         Throw "The '-multiple' switch must be used to install more than a single font."
      } elseif (Test-Path $Paths -PathType Container) {
         Throw "The '-multiple' switch must be used to install all fonts in a folder."
      }
      $FilePaths = $Paths
   } elseif (Test-Path $Paths -PathType Container) {
      $FilePaths = Get-ChildItem $Paths -Include ('*.fon','*.otf','*.ttc','*.ttf') -Recurse | 
                     Select-Object -ExpandProperty FullName
   } else {
      $FilePaths = $Paths
   }

   foreach ($Path in $FilePaths) {
      # Skip non-supported file types
      If (-not $FontFileTypes.ContainsKey(".$($path.split('.')[-1])")) { 
         Write-Warning "'$Path' is not a file of type $($FontFileTypes.keys -join ', ')."
         continue
      }
      # Skip non-existant files
      If (-not (Test-Path $Path)) {
         Write-Warning "File Path '$Path' does not exist!"
         continue
      }
   
      $File = Get-Item $Path
      $FolderObj = (New-Object -ComObject shell.application).namespace($File.directoryname)
      $FileObj = $FolderObj.Items().Item($File.Name)
      $FontName = $FolderObj.GetDetailsOf($FileObj,21)

      try {
         $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
         Copy-Item $File.FullName -destination $FontsFolder -Force

         $fontFinalPath = Join-Path $FontsFolder $File.Name
         $retVal = [FontResource.AddRemoveFonts]::AddFont($fontFinalPath)

         if ($retVal -eq 0) {
            Throw "Font resource, '$($File.FullName)', installation failed"
         } else {
            Write-Verbose "Font resource, '$($File.FullName)', installed successfully"
            Set-ItemProperty -Path "$($fontRegistryPath)" -Name "$FontName$($FontFileTypes.item($File.Extension))" -Value "$($File.Name)" -Type STRING -Force
            $successes++
         }
      } catch {
         Write-Warning "An error occured installing '$($File.FullName)'"
         Write-Warning "Exception: $($_.Exception.Message)"
         if ($error -ne $null -and $error[0] -ne $null) {
            Write-Warning "$($error[0].ToString())"
            $error.clear()
         } else {
            Write-Warning "$($_.ToString())"
         }
      }
   }
   
   If ($Multiple) {
      Return $successes
   } elseif ($successes) {
      Return 0
   } else {
      Return 1
   }
}

Set-Alias Add-Font Install-ChocolateyFont
extensions\Uninstall-ChocolateyFont.ps1
<#
.SYNOPSIS
   Uninstalls a font or set of fonts.

.DESCRIPTION
   This function deletes fonts from the system Fonts folder, removes the font 
   registry keys and removes the font resources.  
  
   It only works with FNT, FON, OTF, TTC, TTF fonts.

   By default, it accepts only a single font file, but the -multiple
   switch allows it to accept a list of font file names where it will 
   attempt to uninstall all of them.

.EXAMPLE
   Uninstalls a single font
      PS C:\> Uninstall-ChocolateyFont "FontName.ext"

.EXAMPLE
   Uninstalls all fonts contained in a list of file paths
      PS C:\> Uninstall-ChocolateyFont $ListOfFontFiles -multi

.INPUTS
   A string or array of strings of names of font files (including extensions)
   in the System Fonts folder.

.OUTPUTS
   Default:  "0" for success, "1" for failure
   With -multiple switch:  The number of fonts successfully uninstalled.

.NOTES
   Aliased as Remove-Font.
#>
function Uninstall-ChocolateyFont { 
   param(
      [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string[]]$FontFiles,
      [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)][switch]$Multiple=$false
   )
   
   # Establish some basic starting points
   $successes = 0
   $FontsFolder = (New-Object -ComObject Shell.Application).namespace(0x14).self.path
   $fontRegistryPath = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts'
   $FontFileTypes = @('.fon','.fnt','.ttf','.ttc','.otf')

   try { $LoadedType = [FontResource.AddRemoveFonts].ispublic } catch {$LoadedType = $false}
   if (-not $LoadedType) {
      New-FontResourceType
   }

   if ((-not $Multiple) -and ($FontFiles.count -gt 1)) {
      Throw "The '-multiple' switch must be used to install more than a single font."
   }

   # Get installed font names and filenames
   $FontKeyProperties = (Get-ItemProperty $fontRegistryPath).PsObject.Properties | 
                           Where-Object {$_.value -match "(\$($fontfiletypes -join '|\'))`$"}

   foreach ($Item in $FontFiles) {
      # Skip non-supported file types
      If (-not $FontFileTypes -contains ".$($Item.split('.')[-1])") { 
         Write-Warning "'$Item' is not a file of type $($FontFileTypes -join ', ')."
         continue
      }
      # Skip non-existant files
      $FontPath = Join-Path $FontsFolder $Item
      If (-not (Test-Path $FontPath)) {
         Write-Warning "File Path '$FontPath' does not exist!"
         continue
      }
      $File = Get-Item $FontPath

      foreach($property in $FontKeyProperties) {
         if($Item -eq $property.Value) {
            $FontName = $property.Name
            break
         }
      }

      try {
         $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
         $retVal = [FontResource.AddRemoveFonts]::RemoveFont($FontPath)
         if ($retVal -eq 0) {
            Throw "Font resource, '$FontPath', removal failed"
         } else {
            Write-Verbose "Font resource, '$($File.FullName)', removed successfully"
            Remove-ItemProperty -Path $fontRegistryPath -Name "$FontName" -Force
            Remove-Item $FontPath -Force
            $successes++
         }
      }
      catch
      {
         Write-Warning "An error occured removing '$Item'."
         Write-Warning "Exception: $($_.Exception.Message)"
         if ($error -ne $null -and $error[0] -ne $null) {
            Write-Warning "$($error[0].ToString())"
            $error.clear()
         } else {
            Write-Warning "$($_.ToString())"
         }
      }
   }
   
   If ($Multiple) {
      Return $successes
   } elseif ($successes) {
      Return 0
   } else {
      Return 1
   }
}

Set-Alias Remove-Font Uninstall-ChocolateyFont
extensions\New-FontResourceType.ps1
<#
.SYNOPSIS
   Defines a font resource type.

.DESCRIPTION
   This private function defines a font resource type from C# code 
   with methods to add a font resource and to remove a font resource.

.EXAMPLE
   PS C:\> New-FontResourceType
   PS C:\> [FontResource.AddRemoveFonts]::AddFont($localfontPath)

.INPUTS
   none

.OUTPUTS
   none
.NOTES
   The C# code borrows heavily from the code downloadable here:
   https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/deploymentguys/2010/12/04/adding-and-removing-fonts-with-windows-powershell/
   It does not appear to work with UNC paths.
#>
Function New-FontResourceType {
   $fontCSharpCode = @'
   using System;
   using System.Collections.Generic;
   using System.Text;
   using System.IO;
   using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

   namespace FontResource {
       public class AddRemoveFonts {
           private static IntPtr HWND_BROADCAST = new IntPtr(0xffff);

           [DllImport("gdi32.dll")]
           static extern int AddFontResource(string lpFilename);

           [DllImport("gdi32.dll")]
           static extern int RemoveFontResource(string lpFileName);

           [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
           [DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
           private static extern bool PostMessage(IntPtr hWnd, WM Msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam);

           public enum WM : uint {
               FONTCHANGE = 0x001D
           }

           public static int AddFont(string fontFilePath) {
               FileInfo fontFile = new FileInfo(fontFilePath);
               if (!fontFile.Exists) { throw new FileNotFoundException("Font file not found"); }
               try {
                   int retVal = AddFontResource(fontFilePath);
                   bool posted = PostMessage(HWND_BROADCAST, WM.FONTCHANGE, IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero);
                   return retVal;
               }
               catch { throw new Win32Exception(Marshal.GetLastWin32Error()); }
           }

           public static int RemoveFont(string fontFileName) {
               try {
                   int retVal = RemoveFontResource(fontFileName);
                   bool posted = PostMessage(HWND_BROADCAST, WM.FONTCHANGE, IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero);
                   return retVal;
               }
               catch { throw new Win32Exception(Marshal.GetLastWin32Error()); }
           }
       }
   }
'@
   Add-Type $fontCSharpCode
}

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Chocolatey Font Helpers Extension 0.0.3.1 37585 Sunday, November 1, 2020 Approved
Chocolatey Font Helpers Extension 0.0.3 249 Saturday, October 31, 2020 Approved
Chocolatey Font Helpers Extension 0.0.2 24799 Wednesday, September 11, 2019 Approved
Chocolatey Font Helpers Extension 0.0.2-pre 172 Monday, September 9, 2019 Exempted
Chocolatey Font Helpers Extension 0.0.1 1106 Tuesday, July 24, 2018 Approved

CHANGE LOG:

  • 0.0.1 - initial release
  • 0.0.2 - Cleaned up and added multiple option
  • 0.0.3 - Better exception handling, tests for already loaded type

This package has no dependencies.

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