Segoe UI Symbol Windows 7

Question

Had anyone been able to release wpf applications to Windows 7 users and use this font? I have looked all over the place and can't see a solution. I have downloaded the font family and placed as a resource in my project

FontFamily="/Helpdesk;component/Fonts/seguisym.ttf#Segoe UI Symbol"

This works on my computer however taking off the Segoe UI Symbol in the above gives me a square box. Any help would be gratefully accepted. Scott

Answer 1

I had the same problem and finally found a way to use the newer version of "Segoe UI Symbol" even when older version is installed (i.e. on Windows 7). The idea is to create a copy of the font file with a different name. This approach works also in ClickOnce installation and requires no bootstrapping.

It is posted on this link: Embedded Font in WPF not working