Missing Font, Unuseable Font

I have Linotype Zapfino PS.1, the standard post script type 1 version of Zapfino installed on my machine but Linotype Zapfino PS, the Ligatures for this font do not show up in Font Book. Additionally, I would like to use a Post Script version of Helvetica however the system will not allow it to be installed because of a conflict with the dfont that the system uses. Suggestions?

Thank you for the link. Great article, well organized and thorough. Solved the Helvetica post script difficulty but still puzzled by the Zapfino Ligatures disappearance.

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A forum search for "missing required fonts" brings up this thread which should solve your problem:
http://www.adobeforums.com/webx?128@@.3bbdb0a7
Peter

Missing required systems fonts or cmap files

Good morning,
We have a serious problem with Adobe Suite (including InDesign 6).
When we launch In Desing we have an error message :"Missing required systems fonts or cmap files".
Can you help us ?
PS : We use windows 7 X64 with Adobe In design6.

This thread might help: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/328866?start=0&tstart=0
But it could also be an installation problem or a permissions problem. Does you user account have full access to the lacation where those files should be stored?

Missing Required System Fonts or CMap Files

Somehow an entire "Adobe" folder got moved to my trash accidentally. I'm now getting an error when I try to open Adobe InDesign CS5 saying "missing required system fonts or CMap files" and it shuts down on me. I'm ASSUMING it's because that folder is in the trash. However, I don't know WHERE it should go. Attached is a screen shot of that folder and it's contents. Should it be in Application Support? Adobe InDesign? I have tried to uninstall InDesign and reinstall, but I click Uninstall and it says the associated shortcut cannot be located. Grrrrr....
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Not sure what has happened after I restarted my iMac - I have lost the majority of the fonts in Font Book.
Is there a way of finding or reloading them?

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I have a brand-new MacBook -- clean OS X 10.4.7 install, latest updates and essentially NO tinkering or 3rd party software installed (yet).
However, for some reason Font Book is not showing any of my "dfont" font files (others, like "ttf", are fine). They simply don't appear. When I run an app (e.g. Pages), the fonts are listed, but cannot be used (I just get courier or something similar).
If I look on my similarly setup MacBook Pro, everything is fine. I cannot figure out what is causing this, nor where to start looking. Any ideas, anyone?
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Er ... ok, but...
1. Open TextEdit. Type some text. Choose Format -> Font -> Show Fonts.
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3. On my MBP, this works fine, and I see a nice "greek-ish" font.
4. On the MacBook, the font is not displayed; it defaults to something else (Courier, by the look of it).
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As I said, the appearance or lack thereof in Font Book might be related to lack of admin rights on the MacBook (I can understand that). But I don't see why they would not work inside TextEdit or any other Mac apps.
--Tim

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Er ... ok, but...
1. Open TextEdit. Type some text. Choose Format -> Font -> Show Fonts.
2. Now look for font "Herculanum" (it's a "dfont" font). Try to use it.
3. On my MBP, this works fine, and I see a nice "greek-ish" font.
4. On the MacBook, the font is not displayed; it defaults to something else (Courier, by the look of it).
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--Tim

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Font book does not add fonts regardless of restarting with shift held down - safe start.
That is correct. While in Safe Mode, you cannot add any fonts. The OS only allows certain necessary fonts to load.
If you mean you've done a Safe Mode boot and still cannot add fonts after restarting normally, then there are multiple possible problems:
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Goto Versiontracker.com and download "Linotype FontExplorer X"
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Delete the original.
Now, install/launch FontExplorer X.
There is an option to clean font caches during install - do that and your Mac will reboot.
Now, there is an option under the tools menu in FontExplorer X that sets your system font folders back to defaults - do that.
You should be good to go. FontExplorer X is free and an excellent font manager.
If you have any questions, post back.
Scott

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