I'm having an issue with Fonts during unregistration. The font files are from a third-party development team and there are a ton of them (over 1,400). Initially, I had them included as Dynamically Linked files, but read that fonts should be in a Component marked as Shared so they are not totally unregistered during uninstall if used elsewhere.
Currently, the font files are included in a single component (no key file set) which is marked as shared. Still, after uninstall, virtually all of the fonts are removed/unregisterd from the target system. I start with 90 fonts. After install I have the over 1,400 fonts. After uninstall, I have 19 fonts.
Do fonts need to be in their own component marked as Shared? Can they all be in a single component with just one marked as the key (if that is the problem)?
If I condition the UnregisterFonts action to not run, the fonts remain intact. The only issue is that I'm wondering if some end users will balk at a lot of font residue with so many third party fonts being included.
Another related issue is that font registration seems to take quite a bit of time. On my test machine, registering all of these fonts, it is taking about 15-20 minutes.
Any insight into font handling would be greatly appreciated.
