Font smoothing not working

I am using OS X Yosemite. Back in earlier versions of OS X, there was an option that would set the minimum font smoothing size. Fonts at a lower size than this in most applications would appear jagged. I set this to the highest value (9-12 px or something). After upgrading, the option for this was lost, and all the apps that this affected have jagged text that looks very annoying. This is especially true in Wolfram Mathematica:
Is there any way to fix this (i.e., lowering the font smoothing minimum font size) and get rid of this issue?

wine just follows my freetype2/fontconfig settings now

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Yeah, so I'm trying to do the classic font smoothing operation (or whatever you wanna call it) with Wine but it seems I'm just unable.
Here's how it should be done - no matter what I just can't get to work anymore (used to work some months ago with older wine): https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=62334
I've also tried moving the configuration folder (.wine) out of the way - but no luck.
Does it work with anybody else? Using (wine) 1.1.38 here - didn't work with 1.1.37 either.

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My fonts are not working correctly

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I noticed today that most of my added fonts are not working. I use a lot of fonts that have a cyrillic subset which were working perfectly fine till 2 days ago. Now when I select a text field and try to change the font face to one of the added fonts, it changes the font face to whichever the default font is and renders the font selection menu to blank. I am really puzzled, the fonts are installed in the Fonts folder in Windows, and they were working perfectly fine till a couple of days ago. I havent installed any Fireworks or Windows updates in the meantime. I am working in Fireworks CS5.
Cheers

I wasn't sure about my shut-down-and-restart suggestion, but I still think it might be a good idea to clear the font caches. Here are a couple links on clearing font caches for Windows and Adobe apps:
http://www.ehow.com/how_7197467_rebuild-font-cache.html
http://www.illustratorhints.com/2010/05/cleaning-your-font-cache/
You might want to supplement this with some research of your own, then give it a try.

Fonts do not work

Does anyone know why Fonts are not working???
International language fonts, remain in English and do not change to their appropriate format. Also a majority of the fonts do not change to their programmed format. The fonts will display appropriately in the Font Book, however they will not work in any program.
I've tried many things:
1. Validate all fonts
2. Restart in Safe Boot and then restart the system, to clear the font cache
3. Uninstalled all fonts, then reinstalled everyone in groups, specifically all fonts starting with an "A" then "B" and so on.
4. Removed any duplicates (also done before the restart in Safe Boot)
5. Install a brand new font from Adobe, which too did not work even though it specifically states that it will in OS X 10.6.
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Is there anything else that one can do?

Unfortunately, I cannot send out any fonts to anyone. Most are licensed fonts from Adobe, such as ArnoPro-LightDisplay, Adobe Hebrew, Chalkboard, Chalkduster, New Peninim MT, Kozuka Pro, and others including Kokonor, TW Cen MT, Al Bayan and Baghdad.
Chalkboard, Chalkduster, New Peninim MT, Kokonor, Al Bayan, and Baghdad are all installed by OS X itself, so I have them. Or have you installed other versions from somewhere? Have you checked for duplicates in Fontbook?
Kokonor is for Tibetan. Which input method are you using? Does Kailasa work?
Are you able to type Arabic in the default Geeza Pro? What happens if you try to switch some Geeza Pro text in TextEdit to Al Bayan?
Are you able to type Hebrew in the default Lucida Grande? What happens if you try to switch some Lucida Grande Hebrew text in TextEdit to New Peninim or Adobe Hebrew?
Chalkboard and Chalkduster are Latin fonts. Are you unable to make accented characters with them in TextEdit, for example é using the US layout and Option + e, then e?
Can you type Japanese OK using the default OS X Hiragino fonts? What happens if you try to switch text typed in that to Kozuka?

Firefox 5 some web sites fonts are not work.

I try to visit this sinhala language web site using Firefox 5 latest version. Then that site not properly display (Fonts are not work). Then i again downloaded that web site fonts and install them. But again that web site not properly display.
If i visit that web site using "Google Chrome" or "IE" i can view that web site properly. This problem only happen for Firefox 5. Older version Firefox 4 work properly with this site.
This is that web site fonts download link -http://www.lankaenews.com/font/sinhala_tamil_fonts.zip

You can set the pref gfx.downloadable_fonts.enabled to false on the about:config page to disable downloadable fonts and make Firefox use a locally installed font.
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If you see a warning then you can confirm that you want to access that page. 
You can use the Filter bar at to top of the about:config page to locate a pref more easily.

NalandaTim Font is not working.

NalandaTim Font is not working.
i want to convert microsoft document into InDesign Document with NalandaTim Font but when i am copying text into doc document and past into InDesign page, will get different output.
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Click the Text tool to make it active.
From the flyout menu in either the Control Panel or the Paragraph panel choose either World Ready Paragraph Composer or World Ready Single Line Composer (the paragraph composer looks at entire paragraphs to make composing decisions and is generally preferred). It should also be set in the Justification screen for any paragraph styles you define.

Embedfont = true; Japanese font is not working in Flash CC

Hi,
embedfont = true; was working in Flash CS6 (window XP, 32bit, Air SDK 15.0)
But I moved same project to new system. Then, it's not working. (Flash CC, window 7 pro, 64bit, SDK 17.0).
textfield shows nothing. But if I remove this code (embedfont = true;). Textfield shows texts applied default fonts.
Funny part is English and Korean(My language) Embedfont is working perfectly.
Only japanese font is not working.
I've tried several japanese font, but all of them were not working.
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Amy~ Yep the lasso tool was what I verified with another user. 'L' seems to be bound indefinitely to loop through different types of lasso tools and it was annoying them because they just wanted L to be the regular freehand lasso. I removed 'L' from being an option on the polygon lasso and even set it explicitly to SHIFT+L as well as set the lasso tool to a completely different keyboard combo. 'L' still cycled through lassos haha. It needs some fixes.
fertolg~ At least you have a workaround for now. I'd go nuts if I couldn't use keyboard text selection writing code, oy! You're welcome and if you're all set please mark correct so we can filter unanswered. Good luck!

Installed Mavericks and latest iWorks and some fonts will not work. Strangely these fonts work in Notes and old version of Strickies. Any ideas?

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It appears overkilling to install Bootcamp and a complete Windows environment just for running a single, old-fashioned piece of software...
Old 32-bits Windows programs usually run fine with WINE, of which I warmly recommend the "PlayonMac" version (free).
http://www.playonmac.com
Just try with Playonmac...
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http://winebottler.kronenberg.org/
If even this does not work, there is a not-free WINE port named Crossover:
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Transferred CS4 to new MacBook Pro, now some fonts will not work when PDFing documents from InDesign CS4. Help!

I recently purchased a new MacBook Pro. I transferred my CS4 from my older MacBook Pro to my new computer, and although it seemed to be working fine now some fonts will not work when PDFing documents from InDesign CS4. These fonts are installed on my new computer, can be found in InDesign CS4, and work fine within the program but will not appear in PDFs. The letters turn into rectangles. Does anyone know why, and how to fix that?
Help/input would be much appreciated. Thank you!
Kristen.

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Downloads available:
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Acrobat: XI, X | 9,8 | 9 standard
Premiere Elements: 12 | 11, 10 | 9, 8, 7
Photoshop Elements: 12 | 11, 10 | 9,8,7
Lightroom: 5.5 (win), 5.5 (mac) | 5 | 4 | 3
Captivate: 8 | 7 | 6 | 5
Contribute: CS5 | CS4, CS3
Download and installation help for Adobe links
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Adobe Muse (2014.3) "Add Web Font" Function Not Working As Expected - Newly Added Fonts Become Unavailable Though Shown

Hello.
This has also been posted in the Community: Adobe Muse Bugs forum.
I've been having some odd/irregular issues though they have now become fairly predictable in nature. The issue is in regards to Adobe Muse (2014.3) and the availability of web fonts provided through the applications "Add Web Fonts" feature. Once added they perform as expected but then become "unavailable." Full details below. I have been a Creative Cloud Complete subscriber for a number of years so am fairly familiar with the way in which the system works minus a few issues that have popped up now and then, this one included.
System Info:
Adobe Creative Cloud (Full Subscription): Version 1.9.1.474
Adobe Muse: Version 2014.3
OS X Yosemite: 10.10.2
Here is a recap of what has been taking place. I'll detail the bug as best I can.
1. Created new Adobe Muse project. Everything normal.
2. Chose to add a new font through the "Add Web Fonts" function within Muse. A note, my Creative Cloud App is running/open at all times (in file synch mode).
3. Chose new fonts using above. All seemed fine (see screenshots below).
4. Fonts also were indicated as being "Synched" within Creative Cloud (screenshot below).
5. As expected the two fonts were added to the list of available Web Fonts within Muse (first screenshot below - left). I added them successfully to my site. Well after a number of hours I went back to this same font selection menu within Muse and the fonts were still visible yet the sub-menu that one would expect showing various forms (i.e. Bold, Italic, etc) was not available. In a sense the font could not be chosen from the list even though the name is clearly visible (second screenshot below - right).
Have no idea what may have been wrong. Saved Muse project, closed and reopened - nothing changed. Created new project - fonts still "shown" in menu but can't be used. Did find a vague description using Google of similar problem (different application) which recommended closing Creative Cloud Desktop App and reopening as one possible solution. This DID WORK initially yet the problem, though corrected for a period of time (few hours at most), would reappear again where one would again see yet not be able to choose from the two Web Fonts. Went so far as to uninstalling the Creative Cloud Desktop application and reinstalling. Still have not solved the problem.
Any thoughts as to what this may be would be welcome. Restarting the CC app each and every time the fonts become unavailable is quite time consuming to my workflow.
Thanks!

Abhishek,
Thank you for the reply. Wanted to comment on a few things.
I reviewed the other post that you've referenced. Nothing unusual jumped out at me as something that I was not aware of. I'm running an older iMac that is in good working condition. 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 24" screen. I know this issue is fleeting, as I stated earlier typically can be corrected with a restart of the CC Desktop application (that I am always running at startup). I have not been able to determine that shutting down Muse corrects the issue. I would, at this time say it doesn't.
I did open InDesign and see if the fonts in question, Open Sans and Open Sans Condensed, were present and usable. They were. The fonts are shown as being synched in my CC Desktop app window (even if they are not "installed" in Muse). That is expected but it may be a bug in how Muse brings in a font from those that are already synched to your CC account. I don't know enough about how that works to comment.
And just to complicate matters, Muse seems to be working again, the fonts that is. I brought them back in and they are showing up in all locations (which there are actually three - see screen shots).
First is primary text menu dropdown (to right of orange "Text").
Second is if you click orange Text link. Another drop down menu appears.
And lastly, the Text Panel to right of screen.
I also wanted to add this extra bit of information, for what it is worth. When the issue arises and you do not get the sub-menu dropdown showing various styles of the font (italics, bold, etc.), one can use click on the missing font if you had used it previously and it is present in the "previously used font" list.
Cheers!

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Hi Bethanning,
Welcome to Apple Discussions
You may want to look at Using and Managing Fonts in Mac OS X PDF. It says,
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Hi cor-el,
Thanks for your very quick reply, unfortunately the solutions you offered have been unsuccessful.
I did as you suggested (including deleting the relative path and placing the fonts in the same directory as the CSS) and followed all the advice given in the references you made.
I am not going across domains so Access Control Headers are not required.
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John --
Welcome to Apple Discussions!
We're other Mac users here, asking questions and sharing solutions.
I found this article by Adobe on Fonts on Macs.
I hope it will help.
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/327/327791.html

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