Quark XPress + Fonts= Aaaaaarrgg!!!

Help Please!!
I've been using Quark 6.5 & Font Reserve for some time and all that time I've been going insane with font issues. At any giving time when I open Quark, many of my fonts are missing or not available for use in my projects. I've reinstalled both Quark & Font Reserve several times, but still end up with the same issue. Finally I had had enough & decided to throw out my Font Reserve and try Font Book. However when I went to open Quark, I find I only have access to 3 fonts (I have over 500). Quark is the only program that seems to be affected. Does Quark work with Font Book & if so how??
Any advice would be most helpful!
Thanks! Dave

Hi, mahender -
The first thing to do when faced with a Type 1, 2, or 3 error is to increase the Preferred memory allocation for the program experiencing the problem.
Article #18278 - Assigning More Memory to an Application
In this case, try increasing the Preferred memory allocation for both Quark and for Suitcase - for Quark, start with an increase of 50%; for Suitcase, start by doubling its original amount.
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It could also be that one or more of the fonts is damaged. Sometimes that can be determined by checking the indicated file size of the font (how much space it occupies on the drive). Unfortunately the file sizes for fonts varies a great deal, and it usually becomes necessary to run a font diagnostic utility. Suitcase 10 may have such a function built-in.

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