Missing fonts when saving in another directory

I made a page (the index), put a web font, the css and font is saved in a directory and is ok, the page looks perfect in browser, now i save the same page with another name in another directory and dreamweaver ask me "Do you want to update the links?" I click "yes" and now the new saved page dont display the fonts, if i save in the same directory that the original yes but if saved in a subfolder dont display fonts. Why, the css has the link and route to the fonts, what am i doing wrong???!!!

Hi
Check the css file that is created for the web fonts, as this may be using a relative link to the web font files.
Without seeing the code that is only a guess, can you upload the page, (and all files) to a web server for us to check?
PZ

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