Do you recall when you selected the font in Word, whether there were only a few fonts listed here,,,,,,,,,,,,,from the drop-down list?
Do you have any programs installed that has this option, which shows a mini sample as to how the font looks.
Also, go to Start > Run, and type regedit.
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts
Here is where all your fonts are located as in the C:\Windows32\Fonts directory, co-inciting with the Fonts folder.