Fonts going missing mac cs3

hello,
i have been stuck with this problem for weeks now. i have a
number of fonts that have gone missing from the font list. I get
prompted upon opening files (that i previously built in fireworks)
that the font cannot be found and needs replaced.
i have uploaded a
screenshot of font book / the font in illy / the font not in
fireworks here
this happens with a number of fonts, not just the one in this
example. the font in question is installed in the users font
library and it makes no difference if i move it to the computers
library.
any help would be very much appreciated.
cheers

hi david,
Is it possible for you to share that particular font file
with us (if it's not proprietary)? We can also have a look and see
whats going wrong there. Also, are you using FWCS3 or CS4?
--Arun

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