Fonts not recognized after restore...

Earlier today I had to replace the hard drive in my Mac, and then restored all my files/apps from an external hard drive with Time Machine. The problem I have is that none of my previous fonts are found by any of my applications. When I open Font Book, all my fonts are there...but for example, when I opened Word or Photoshop, no fonts appear in the drop down menus besides the default system fonts.
I double-checked the user>library>fonts folder, and all my fonts are there. What could be causing this???

Cricket311 wrote:
The hard drive going bad happened very suddenly with no rhyme or reason. It was working perfectly fine one day, and the next day it wouldn't boot up. I brought it into the Apple store and had their Genius Bar take a look and they weren't able to repair the hard drive.
If your last backup was late the day before, it's possible something got corrupted.
Do you get the fonts into those menus by some sort of selection process? If so, you might want to look for their preference files. Look at a backup from earlier in the day, or even a day or two before the failure.
Most likely, there will be a file (or files) in +*<your home folder>/Library/Preferences,+* and/or +*<your home folder>/Library/Application Support+* containing the name of the app, or perhaps the name of the maker, and ending in .plist.
It's also possible they'll be not in your home folder, but the top-level Library/Preferences and/or +*Library/Application Support+* folders.
You might want to start with a Finder window, in List mode, of your home folder, then +Enter Time Machine+ and navigate to the folders in question. When you find something that looks promising, right-click it and take the +Quick Look+ option. If it has something that looks like a list of fonts, that may be the culprit. To restore it, click the Restore button at the bottom right.

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