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Subject: Re: How do I get the OS System Font Directory(Cross-Platform) in python?
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Am 11.07.2013 19:19, schrieb Metallicow:
> @ Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick
> Thanks, that is a start anyway. 
> a Pure-Python way was what I was wanting, not win32api stuff.
> 
> "C:\Windows\Fonts"
> The windows path proves valid. Works on XP, Vista, 7. Not sure about win8....?

That's the wrong way to do it. You have to use the proper Windows API to
get to the font directory. It's SHGetKnownFolderPath() with
FOLDERID_Font or SHGetFolderPath() with CSIDL_FONTS.

See http://bugs.python.org/issue1763

Christian