The exception is thrown by the SystemFontsManager internal class from Telerik.Windows.Documents.Core, so it can observed when using RadPdfViewer, RadRichTextBox, RadSpreadsheet. The reason is not clear, posssible causes are: - Corrupted fonts after upgrade from Windows XP - Enabling of Block untrusted fonts feature (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/threat-protection/block-untrusted-fonts-in-enterprise ) The call stack is as follows: System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'Telerik.Windows.Documents.Core.Fonts.SystemFontsManager' threw an exception. ---> System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Unable to find the specified file. at MS.Internal.Text.TextInterface.Native.Util.ConvertHresultToException(Int32 hr) at MS.Internal.Text.TextInterface.FontList.get_Item(UInt32 A_0) at MS.Internal.Text.TextInterface.FontList.FontsEnumerator.get_Current() at MS.Internal.FontFace.TypefaceCollection.Enumerator.get_Current() at System.Windows.Media.Fonts.TypefaceCollection.<GetEnumerator>d__11.MoveNext() at Telerik.Windows.Documents.Core.Fonts.SystemFontsManager..cctor() Workaround: Manually delete all registry key values in Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts pointing to files outside of the Fonts folder.