Missing font in all font menus?

I've only recently updated to OSX and Freehand MX (I've been
using Freehand 8 and 9). Everything works okay, but one of my
company's key fonts does not appear in the menu. ITC Franklin
Gothic Book is simply gone, although it shows up in Photoshop and
Word and every other program I've checked.
And this isn't a problem with fonts alphabetized strangely. I
know where the font should appear (under F) and it's not there. Is
there some sort of bug with Freeand and font management programs?
Also, does anyone know of a good utility that does what Adobe Type
Reunion did under OS9?
Thanks for any and all help

KaplanMike wrote:
> I've only recently updated to OSX and Freehand MX (I've
been using Freehand 8
> and 9). Everything works okay, but one of my company's
key fonts does not
> appear in the menu.
FHMX will refuse to show fonts in the font menu if it finds
any corruption
in the font. This is to prevent crashes when font outlines
are accessed.
I suggest you delete your current copy of the font and
reinstall it from
your archived, original source. It will probably fix the
problem.
Judy Arndt

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