WOW, thanks for the detailed reply Ronni, much appreciated. Taking your Qs from the top:
1. <Did you mean the NEW installed Fonts worked ok in another User Account> No. <or had you only installed the NEW fonts in your User Account home folder?>Yes. Installed the NEW fonts in MY USER ACCOUNT not any other user. 2. <When you installed the NEW Fonts, did you have “Validate Fonts before installing" selected in Font Book Preferences?> Yes. 3. <If you installed the NEW Fonts for “All Users”, then I would say the Fonts are not compatible with Snow Leopard or are ‘duds’ and need to be un-installed ;-)> COL did that. 4. <If your installed the NEW Fonts only in “Your User Account” & there was NO problem when you booted into another "User Account” then there is a problem in your User Account, which might require a cleaning of Font Caches.> COL Did that. Thanks again Ronni. Best wishes, Edward COL: cursing out loud On 21/05/2011, at 4:54 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > > Hello Edward, > > What ‘format’ are the Fonts .ttf .ttc .otf ? Apple has done away with their > .dfont format and changed all but a couple of system fonts to standard .ttf > or .ttc fonts. > Font types you can use in Snow Leopard are OpenType, Mac TrueType scarce > supplanted by Standard TrueType, “Windows” TrueType, dfont (Mac-only fonts > supplied with Mac OS X) > > I’m not sure whether you installed the Fonts on the CD for “All Users" or > only in your User Account home folder ...When you mentioned below that you > "Restarted as a user in another 'clean' account and fonts there are OK.” > Did you mean the NEW installed Fonts worked ok in another User Account, or > had you only installed the NEW fonts in your User Account home folder? > > When you installed the NEW Fonts, did you have “Validate Fonts before > installing" selected in Font Book Preferences? > This verifies a font file’s “health.” > > If you installed the NEW Fonts for “All Users”, then I would say the Fonts > are not compatible with Snow Leopard or are ‘duds’ and need to be > un-installed ;-) > > If your installed the NEW Fonts only in “Your User Account” & there was NO > problem when you booted into another "User Account” then there is a problem > in your User Account, which might require a cleaning of Font Caches. > > Cheers, > Ronni > > 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" > 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD > > OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard > Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) > > > > > On 21/05/2011, at 1:23 PM, Edward Arrowsmith wrote: > >> >> Hello >> >> I recently installed some fonts from a CD. Since then the fonts in browsers >> and some other apps appear as almost illegible, blocky type with a dot in >> the O P D etc. >> >> Restarted as a user in another 'clean' account and fonts there are OK. >> Removed all the fonts that were installed from the CD. Checked the fonts >> section in the browser prefs. >> >> Any suggestions greatly appreciated. >> >> Thanks and best wishes, Edward >> >> >> MacBook Pro 15" 2.66GHz Intel Core i7 Snow Leopard 10.6.7 8Gb RAM >> running latest versions of Safari, Chrome and Opera. >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
