How to play softsubs?

I have a question - how can I play .mkv files with softsubs? When I try VLC which usually can take any .mkv files, it shuts down. And Windows Media Player says that there are "embedded true type fonts" and that it needs to download a codec but it doesn't download anything and then just the music starts. What codec do I need?

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Thank you and lotsa flowers to everybody who participated in my poll! *snuggles her flist*

I finally solved the problem with softsubs! The latest verison of VLC takes care of it just perfectly! :) Thank goodness!

Caught up on Ergo Proxy. This one is really weird and to be honest, it gives me the creeps! X( It reminds me a lot of Twin Peaks - you never know what's real and what's not. Real, Vincent and Pino make a really strange family... I think the words weird, strange and creepy pretty much sum up this anime!

Today, I taught myself how to make the origami paper crane! Yeah, the easiest origami, I know, but for me, it's a big step forward. I've wanted to learn origami for years and now I'm finally doing something about it! X)

I also started reading "Guilty Pleasures" by Laurell K. Hamilton, the first book in the Anita Blake series. I read the Czech edition, though the English version has a much nicer cover art.

And now I'm browsing Amazon looking for cool mangas (I have enough books for the time being). There are some amazing ones there... My poor bank account :(