Font Issue with MX & OS 10.5.7

Hi
I am a long time user of Freehand and have just upgraded my laptop to the latest 17 Macbook pro running OS 10.5.7.
I am having a problem when printing files from Freehand 11.0.2 in that a large number of my fonts are defaulting to courier when printed both to hard copy on my HP Laserjet and as a pdf. The same fonts print fine out of Illustrator and other programs.
The fonts are activated and I am able to convert them to paths within Freehand.
Everything else within Freehand appears to be running fine.
Any suggestions or help would be greatly appreciated as we have a huge number of files in Freehand that we use regularly.
Thanks

I had a similar problem when I went from 10.4 to 10.5. Converting to paths is certainly an option, but it does complicate matters. Here is my experience, previously posted:
Using FreeHand 11.0.2 and Mac OS 10.5.6, some fonts weren't printing for me to my HP LaserJet 4100n. Printing to PDF via Distiller 9 or the system usually worked OK. After trying many different experiments (i.e. tearing my hair out), I came upon something that worked. I put the fonts I wanted into the /Library/Fonts folder. The permissions of those fonts were set to:
me = read and write
staff = read only
everyone = read only
I opened the info window for those fonts, unlocked the padlock, and changed the permissions to:
me = read and write
admin = read only (this had to be manually added using the "+" sign)
everyone = read only
I deleted the permissions for "staff", though I'm not certain this was required. Locked the padlock, closed the info window, and so far they are printing happily. It's important that all of the permissions for the system be set correctly, so using Disk Utility to verify and repair them is also a good idea. That won't fix the permissions for an individual font file, so you have to do it manually.
The issue seems to be with older fonts that I've used for years, not newer ones that come with the system. Since I did this back in March, I haven't had any problems printing the fonts I use.

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