After Effects Font Issue vs. Photoshop & Dreamweaver

I installed AfterEffects and got the standard font error issue (After Effects warning: The font dictionary can't be read. Please restart your computer. If this problem persists, please go to http://www.adobe.com/go/learn_ae_fonterror ( 83 :: 3 ). HOWEVER, I don't have any font issues with Photoshop or Dreamweaver. I have a ton of fonts and going through one at a time would be a pain. How about making a program that will run the fonts that the other programs will also run?? For now, I have to get rid of AfterEffects and find something else.

There is no such thing as a "standard font error". Sorry, that's a dangerous generalization and oversimplification. I literalyl have dozens of font errors in my database and they all come with different causes and numbers, meaning they appear in different contexts/ parts of the program/ with different functions used. Since you did not provide any more info about your system or what version of AE you use, we can't even begin to guess. and just because otehr programs show certain fonts doesn't mean they necessarily show up elsewhere. You could have the same problems in otehr tools just as well, so I'm afraid "find something else" without even trying to resolve the issue is not really a productive way to go about the matter and not doing the whole thing justice. A single "bad" font can make or break a system and things like font managers, printer drivers and even your bog standard graphics driver al lhave to do with accessing and rendering fonts and could influence application programs....
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