Using Classic after Suitcase Fusion

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.

I think eww figured it out in another thread:
*+Posted by: eww+*
*+Re: Suitcase Fusion/Classic Font Problems+*
+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.+
*+Re: Suitcase Fusion/Classic Font Problems+*
*+Posted: Mar 10, 2008 7:57 AM in response to: eww* +
+Hey, I think that WAS the problem. Thanks for the great idea.+
+The fonts I tried to install at first had been through SF's Font Vault, so I went back to the archives and used the pre-SF versions, and that seems to be working.+

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