Freehand MX font handling

Hi, sorry if this has been discussed previously, I'm new.
Could anyone suggest a way to fix the fact that some of my files
are displaying perfectly regarding fonts in Freehand 10 (and under)
yet not Freehand MX? This is in Classic and OSX. On some machines
the fonts will appear but are not in character and will print like
this (ie. incorrectly). On others the fonts will not appear at all,
with no message or option to replace missing fonts. In old Freehand
you get that 'working' dialogue box as the application opens the
file, implying it is sorting things out (like fonts!) but nothing
in Freehand MX, just doesn't seem to bother... or something like
that. Is it the fonts themselves or perhaps font management (ie
ATM)? Please throw me some advice... for now we are reverting back
to Freehand but can't continue doing so.

oldmediaworked wrote:
> Hi, sorry if this has been discussed previously, I'm
new. Could anyone suggest
> a way to fix the fact that some of my files are
displaying perfectly regarding
> fonts in Freehand 10 (and under) yet not Freehand MX?
This is in Classic and
> OSX.
Font handling on OS X is radically different than in Classic.
In OS X fonts
can be installed all over the place, and in places where they
can be
accessed only by the installing application. Adobe and
Microsoft install
font for the exclusive use of the their own applications.
My strategy is to use FontAgent Pro to manage all fonts on my
system.
FreeHand MX has trouble with corrupted font caches. You'll
need to clean out
font caches regularly using a utility such as Font Nuke or
Yasu.
I have found that if a font is displaying incorrectly,
deactivating and then
reactivating it in FontAgent Pro will clear up the problem.
It clears the FH
font cache for that font.
You can search other discussions on this forum by using
Google Groups
Advanced Search. Enter 'macromedia.freehand' as the group
name, and it will
search posts to this forum.
http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search
Judy Arndt

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oldmediaworked wrote:
> Hi, sorry if this has been discussed previously, I'm
new. Could anyone suggest
> a way to fix the fact that some of my files are
displaying perfectly regarding
> fonts in Freehand 10 (and under) yet not Freehand MX?
This is in Classic and
> OSX.
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can be
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Microsoft install
font for the exclusive use of the their own applications.
My strategy is to use FontAgent Pro to manage all fonts on my
system.
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need to clean out
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I have found that if a font is displaying incorrectly,
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It clears the FH
font cache for that font.
You can search other discussions on this forum by using
Google Groups
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