Preview and Fonts

Hi! I am using Macbook Pro and just recently upgraded OS to Yosemite 10.10.1,
and then found out most fonts in Preview are gone. I can still use all my fonts in
other app but just not in Preview. All fonts were there when I was using Mavericks'
version so I think there must be something wrong with my upgrade? Can anyone
tell me how to add all fonts to the font's drop down list in Preview? I tried many
methods, checked Font Book, none worked. Do I have to reinstall Yosemite in
order to get it back to normal? Thanks for your help!!

but Apple wants to claim interoperability with Windows software
There's only so much they can do with third party data. Windows is in the same boat. I'm not sure what the default viewer for PDF files is in Windows if you don't have the Acrobat Reader installed, but I would imagine it runs into the same issues as Preview.
But being able to call up a substitute font to make a document legible to Preview doesn't seem like a big stretch.
Now that I agree with. Have Preview at least pick something that's available so you can read it. But even that may not always be possible. Say the PDF was created in Windows using a Windows Type 1 PostScript font. The Mac cannot, and never has been able to read these fonts. So even if they're embedded in the PDF document, text in those fonts will not be able to display.

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