Tiger, Suitcase, the ETERNAL Font problems

I've a bunch of problems here, ALL font related. Brand new computer, kick *** machine, more font problems than ever.
First off, I have fonts I deleted off the entire computer, BUT they are ALL still showing up in all CS2 applications. As a matter of fact, the one's I NEED which I didn't delete, and still show up in FONTBOOOK, are not replacing.
So, 1. How do I get rid off these fonts? I did an entire computer search for the fonts, and they aren't anywhere. Yet they still show up in ONLY the application font menu's.
2. What is up with the font issues between FONT BOOK, OS X 10.4.8 and Suitcase 10?
I am infuriated with the horrible font "mismanagement" between these 3 pieces of software.
Anyone with any suggestions, ideas and fixits, inquire within. At this point I'm going to reinstall from the factory specs (installing all the multi-language fonts and all is a recipe for disaster!) and start anew.

Are the fonts you're putting into that folder OS 9 fonts or OS X fonts?
I haven't used Suitcase in nearly 12 years and have no idea how Suitcase Fusion works with old-style fonts in OS X. If you think SF might have altered your old OS 9 font files in any way, make sure the ones you put in your System Folder/Fonts folder are copies of the original old fonts, not ones that have been touched by Suitcase.

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I have a few machines that can still run Quark 4.1 in Classic mode for viewing legacy files.
Sadly, I installed Suitcase Fusion, which KO'd my ability to open any fonts in Classic apps. I have uninstalled Suitcase, using the Extensis Knowledge Base article on how to do it. But now, with Suitcase uninstalled, I still can't get any fonts to work in my Classic apps. I'm using the method of dropping the fonts directly into the System(9)Folder/Fonts folder. But when the apps open, none of the fonts I've added are available for use.
Any ideas on how I can regain the ability to add fonts for use in Classic, short of a re-install of system software?
Thanks.

Are the fonts you're putting into that folder OS 9 fonts or OS X fonts?
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10.6.8 combo & 10.6.7 pdf fonts problem

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The combo should fix your problem. As always have a back-up in case you have to revert.
The Font update came out to fix the problem in 10.6.7
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1377
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Pdf fonts problem in 10.6.7 - resolved in 10.6.8 combo update?

The pdf fonts problem in 10.6.7 forced me to go through the long uninstall process after a couple days stressing over what the problem was -- it was Adobe tech support that finally informed me what the problem was. Is the problem fixed in the 10.6.8 combo update? Since I got no replies when I asked this question a different way yesterday, can anyone say (for helpful answer points) whether Apple would be inclined to answer this question if I just call them up (i.e., without existing AppleCare)? Any other suggestions for getting official support on this question? As it stands, I fear updating at all, and could be stuck with 10.6.6 for a long time.

The combo should fix your problem. As always have a back-up in case you have to revert.
The Font update came out to fix the problem in 10.6.7
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1377
It should be rolled into the Combo-Update:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1399

Leopard and font problems

I have had my fonts default to courier when
printing, just like the others who have posted notices in recent
weeks. I wish I had never installed Leopard because I use FH
daily-- I don't understand Illustrator even though I have it. I
THINK in Freehand. I know I can change all my fonts to paths or
print form the PDF preview mode BUT I don't want to have to do
that. Anyway, I have another issue. I do a newsletter once a month
and the editor sends me the articles cut and pasted into eMails. I
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Fireworks 8 on OS X font problems and Solutions

Hi All
I had a problem with my Fireworks 8 and being able to switch
fonts. The list would scroll very slowly and sooner or later crash
Fireworks. If I tried to open an PSD file with text in it I would
crash not only my Fireworks program but the entire computer as
well. For the most part I have resolved this problem and have to
give a big thumbs up for a free program called "Font Nuke". You can
Google for it and I am in no way affiliated with this program or
it's agents in any way. Just a Fireworks user desperate for a fix.
After running this program to clean my font caches and rebooting my
Fireworks now works almost perfectly including opening Photoshop
CS2 PSD files containing text. The only font problem I have not
cured by this quick fix is for some reason one font "Brush Script
MT" will not work. It also does not give a preview of this font.
The font does work in other programs including photoshop. I have
ran all the tests in "Font Book" on it and nothing seems to be
wrong with the font Brush Script MT.
My platform is OS X 10.49 on G5 MAC with 1.5 Gb ram. I hope
this might be of use to others having font problems here, but also
hoping someone might have an idea of why the one font does not work
with Fireworks 8.
Dave

Tazmun,
Have you tried a search within Fireworks 8' Techdocs through
Fireworks Support site?
If still problem, let us know. We can try and give you a tip
or suggestion to find some solution for you.
If I remember this correctly, not all of fonts are equally
installed into Font folder on your Mac. There are a couple of
Library folders on your System folder, plus users' Library folder
and sometimes inside software developer's application folders. It
varies from software developers to others. I don't recall that I
run into font problems with Fireworks or any other Adobe
applications on my Mac. let me take a look at Brush Script MT on my
Fireworks and see what happens.

Japanese font problem fixed.

The Japanese font problem was fixed in the recent update. The Kaku Gothic font now shows in the correct font-weight.
Only Kaku Std which is a fat font is still a bit fat, but that's how it is.
http://web.me.com/heli1/Test/Experiment.html
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Font problems with Suitcase 10

Since I have installed Tiger, I have problems with Suitcase.
When I want to open a font, I have a message saying that the font is in conflict with a font of the System.
But I removed all the unnecessary fonts from my sytem allready. And I followed all the steps in the Suitcase extensis manual too.
What can i do to open all the fonts I need.
I am a graphic designer and it's a big probem for me
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iMac G4 17" flatscreen Mac OS X (10.4.7)

if you are using classic for quark 4 still...
http://www.linotype.com/fontexplorerX
Linotype is good and free, but will not support classic.
"Classic mode is not and will never be supported by Linotype
FontExplorer™ X." it will not manage fonts for classic.
(http://www.linotype.com/fontexplorerX/FAQ?issue=57&category=8)
an upgrade for $50 to extensis suitcase fusion, does not support classic font management either.
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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=740351&#740351
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Need Help!! Extensis Suitcase + Font Problems

Hi guys!
I installed Extensis Suitcase a couple weeks ago and it told me I had numerous duplicates. So I cleaned up my fonts folders after reading some Lang's posts and deleted duplicates. But these last days, I couldn't activate fonts through suitcase. They stayed deactivated as I clicked on'em.
I tought Font Book was the problem so I deleted it, font preferences, cleaned caches, restart, trash can, delete font book. Then XS cause some kind of restart and I was stuck in Darwin with a prompt (/root:). I checked fsck and anyway, I force it to restart with a PRAM reset.
But now Suitcase startup and is initiallizing forever. I can't even access the preferences. What am I supposed to do about that?
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My Microsoft version is the 2004 one...
Then it's very strange you didn't find the file /Users/yourusername/Library/Caches/.com.microsoft.browserfont.cache
Extensis Suitcase X1
That version works well with OS X. So if you're getting the same hang problem after deleting the preference files, then there must be corrupt fonts (one or more) that are damaging the preference files each time they are built.
Last time I could work with XS, I had something like 1600 fonts. Mostly located in my HD/library/fonts. I don't store any in my user font library. Would it be better? Since I'm the only user, I thought I'd put it on the HD rather than in my user account...how does that sound?
That's not a great number of fonts, but could easily contain one of more corrupt copies. Damaged fonts will bring down any font manager. In a normal setting where you're controlling the fonts manually, the \Library\Fonts\ folder would be fine. There's no advantage for a single user to use that folder over the one in your user account, or visa versa.
Actually, that's part of your problem. Particularly with applications still seeing the fonts you've "disabled". In any of OS X's Fonts folder, fonts are active all the time. That's their purpose. To control them with Suitcase, you don't want any of your fonts in either folder. Leave the system fonts alone, but move all other fonts to a new folder. Then activate/deactivate them with Suitcase from there. That's how it's supposed to be used.
Also, these fonts are grouped in alphabetical order, I have a folder for each letter (first letter) and I file my fonts accordingly. Should I take em out of those folders and have em all directly in the fonts folder?
Nope, doesn't make any difference to OS X or Suitcase if they're in sub folders. But as mentioned, you need to get them out of OS X's Fonts folders. Once you've moved your fonts to a new location, trash the preference files for Suitcase again and restart your Mac.

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For some reason in Mail and Address Book all my info is corrupt.
The word 'from' in Mail is in some condensed font and the copy that follows that is a sentence like a cat has walked over my keyboard. Basically loads of characters depicting the 'contact' etc has been replaced with something not disimilar to this 'dsndjnasdn djsnasodnsx nasdmadas'. Any answers that would help much appreciated.
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Bankers,
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
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CS5/CS6 Illustrator suitcase font problems

We have been having incompatibility issues with Suitcase fusion 3 and Illustrator CS5 from months now. Now Illustrator CS6 has launched, we are having the same issues.
Upon startup we load all our suitcase fonts then open Illustrator CS5, We also have to have auto activation turned completely off as it is too unpredictable. I would say 40% of the time fonts will load correctly and no issues will occur. The rest of the time the fonts load but in Illustrator a warning message is displayed when a text box is clicked:
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Maybe not the most helpful answer but I stopped using Suitcase years ago and moved over to Linotype's FontExplorer. The decision was based on similar issues to the one you're having. I remember always having to open documents, then close them, then reopen them in order to get the fonts to activate.
Since you're not using activation, I have no idea why a font that is supposed to be open is not recognized by Illustrator until after restarting Illus. It's possible that your font caches are corrupt, you can easily clean them to see if that's the issue. Doubtful since you seem to indicate that it's affecting multiple machines, but you never know.
What version of Illustrator were the files created in? There was a change to the type engine with, I think, CS2 that would cause that warning to come up, but even that wouldn't explain why it would only come up once.
I don't know that anyone here is still using suitcase, most having moved to Font Agent Pro or FontExplorer but maybe someone will chime in.

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Is there a way to decide whether a font is used as "default font" for a document?
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Hi, the fire fox browser shows the letters in separate when i embed the Farsi fonts in a site, while there was not such problem in the previous versions of fire fox browser. thank's

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Hi,
the fire fox browser shows the letters in separate when i embed the Farsi fonts in a site, while there was not such problem in the previous versions of fire fox browser.
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The same topic exists. Try visit the link below (The problem hasn't been solved yet):
* [https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/863157 Unconnected Embed Farsi Fonts]
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