Font Book Issues Installing a font

I was recently given a font that doesn't seem to want to install in Font Book. At first I thought the files were corrupted but I tried installing the same font on my MacBook Pro and it worked fine. I have tried to add the font from the Font Book interface, tried dragging and dropping the files into Font Book, and tried double-clicking the file and installing it from the file window... Nothing seems to work.
I did uninstall Suitcase Fusion about 3 months ago, mostly because I really didn't need it anymore. At least not worth the headache it was giving me. But I haven't had any font issues after the uninstall til now. I followed Extensis' unstall directions to the T.
Anyways I am at a loss as to why this font won't install. Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.

From the sounds of it, you don't have the whole font. Type 1 PostScript fonts are a set. One file is a suitcase containing all of the low res bitmap screen fonts. The rest are the outline printer fonts. As an example, here's Adobe Garamond.
Adobe Garamond
AGarBol
AGarBolIta
AGarIta
AGarReg
AGarSem
AGarSemIta
The first file which I highlighted in green is the font suitcase of bitmap screen fonts. The rest are the outline printer fonts.
1) The files for a Type 1 PostScript font must have both the screen and printer fonts for a given set in order to work. They also must be in the same folder.
2) The suitcase of bitmap fonts will work alone, but output will be terrible since the system will print the fonts using the 72 dpi screen fonts in the suitcase if the outline portions are missing.
3) Having only the outline fonts will not work. You will get exactly what you are having problems with. You can see the fonts, but they will not load. That's not a problem with Font Book, Suitcase or other font manager. None of them, nor the system itself will load outline fonts from a Type 1 PostScript font without the matching suitcase of screen fonts present.

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