MAJOR iMAC FONT BOOK BUG PROBLEM

Hi there,
Not sure if anyone can help me out there but it would be great to get some suggestions.
I'm having a major fontbook problem on my imac as of yesterday. I'm a graphic designer and for me this is an aboslute nightmare - a horror story. I lost all of my downloaded fonts yesterday (i opened font book because it didn't upload a new font that i had downloaded and wanted to see what was going on) and got the shock of my life. I am now having major issues with this software. On top of losing all of my downloaded fonts, I can't upload any new fonts anymore and for some reason it now has alot of chinese/hebru fonts loaded into it which is baffling.
I've been searching all over google for a way to resolve the problem and have no idea what to do now, nothing is working
Please help!!

amlogan wrote:
for some reason it now has alot of chinese/hebru fonts loaded into it
By default Fontbook has a large number of chinese, hebrew and other language fonts in it so that OS X can support 33 system localizations and several dozen keyboard input languages without adding any.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5944

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Normally that would work, however I've already tried that - and to the other 2 font folders just in case - and I get no more fonts listed in my menus than I already had.
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I've done a clean install of Leopard 10.5.0 on my MacBook Pro, on an external firewire drive (I want to keep my Tiger install as is at the momement). I install the adobe postscript Type 1 font Carta, which is a map symbol font, in Font Book. Font Book shows the preview of the font, which looks fine. I download a fresh 10.5.2 update and install it, restart. Now in Font Book, no preview of the Carta font, the preview window is blank, or it shows whichever font was displayed before, ie if I click on Arial then on Carta, the preview of Arial remains. Double clicking on the font itself opens Font Book main window, but no preview. The Opentype version of this font does exactly the same thing. Font Book validates the fonts as being okay.
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!http://www.biscuit.demon.co.uk/carta/cartainfotiger.gif!
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!http://www.biscuit.demon.co.uk/carta/cartainfoleo.gif!
Indonesian as the language under Leopard?! All the other fonts that I have problems with generally have NO language when I look at the info panel under Leopard AND Tiger. But Tiger seems to cope with them with my language set to British English. At least this may explain why the character encoding goes a bit crazy under Leopard.
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!http://www.biscuit.demon.co.uk/carta/cartaenglishrep.gif!
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!http://www.biscuit.demon.co.uk/carta/carta_english.gif!
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Korean (I think) - two arrows usually mapped to singe and double quotation marks, and ABcdEFgh 1234567890 - see this image:
!http://www.biscuit.demon.co.uk/carta/carta_korean.gif!
Russian (I think) - 1234567890 ("*#%&@`)
Polski - This produced the most, dropping several characters from the main alphabet, but adding a load that usually map to ("*%&') - see below:
!http://www.biscuit.demon.co.uk/carta/carta_polski.gif!
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_I have spent all day paying for the recklessness of installing fonts willy-nilly , I have now learned of font valication, and dozens of new things but, after using advice from Dr.Smokes' eBook & other sources, I still get such pages as the Apple start-up full of upside-down looking junk !
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Hi, Dave:
1. You've not provided any of the useful details needed to help solve your problem. For example:1.1. What fonts did you install?
1.2. How and where did you install them?
1.3. What fonts have you since removed?
1.4. How, and from where, did you remove them?The people answering questions here are not clairvoyant. WIthout such details, there's little to nothing that can be done to help you.
2. If I assume you installed them via Font Book, and did not change Font Book's default preferences for where fonts are installed, then:2.1. The fonts you installed are probably in your Home > Library > Fonts folder. If so, either trash them or create a new folder on your desktop and drag all the fonts in your Home > Library > Fonts folder to such. Assure your Home > Library > Fonts folder is empty.
2.2. Then, clear your font cache: see my "Undoing Font Book" FAQ or the "Reset Font Book" section in my book.
2.3. Also, clear your browser's cache. If you are using Safari, then press Command-Option-E.3. If none of the above helps, or if you may have trashed system-related fonts, then the next thing I would suggest is performing an Archive and Install of Mac OS X. See either the "Archive and Install" chapter in my book or my "General advice on performing an Archive and Install" FAQ for some important tips on this process.
You know how to reach me if any of the above requires further clarification.
Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X
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