Will font book 2.1 import into Lion?

Transferring files from my vintage (2006) MacBook Pro to iMac (10.7). Is there a way to save/import the extensive font collection (fontbook 2.1) I have accumulated? Any help would be appreciated!!

You may have accidentally brought over Leopard versions of programs during the migration, overwriting the Lion versions. Unless you have another way of restoring the correct versions, you best bet would be to boot to the recovery partition and reinstall Lion.

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So I create a title in Live Type - Preset: CCIR 601 NTSC sq. 4:3, Field Dom: Lower, with alpha channel - nothing major, just a little effect on a white font. I render it out and look at it in the preview window - perfect, crystal clear! However, when I import it into whatever NLE I am using, the import becomes jagged, like a field order problem. I use AVID MC 2.6 and Final Cut Pro 5. Regardless in both they do the same.
I have a sony trintron monitor and turned it on after reading a similar post. Same thing. Any ideas?
Thanks in advance,
Sean

Anomaly_7,
The AVID editors I work with use the Live Type graphics I create all the time. These LT graphics incorporate movement, effects, textures and they all work in AVID.
The AVID used here is the Symphony Version #5.
To match the AVID Import Settings we have here just click options. [It's in the lower left hand of the box]
Then set as follows:
1. Aspect + Ratio Pixel Aspect>select 601 non-square
2. Color Levels > select 601
3. File Field Order > select Even (Lower Field)
4. Alpha > select Invent Existing
One more suggestion is to change your deck preferences to drop frame and use the default settings in LT.
Please report back whether this works for you or not.
Good Luck

How can I get Font Book to install new fonts with Lion OS X without crashing?

Font Book is unresponsive using Lion 10.7.1. When I click on Font Book icon in the dock, I get "Application not Responding". Can't install any new fonts. Anyone else having this issue?
I can get to the open Font Book window if I click on Mission Control to get there, but once there I see spinning wheel, which does not stop.
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Now FontBook doesn't crash when launched.
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So I have been searching several discussion forums and the question I have seems to pop up in each of them, but is never answered???
Simply put, I have a FCP 6 project sequence that is 720p24frame which is an editing timebase of 59.94 with an aspect ratio of 960by720.
This is an 8.5 minute piece so I know that it will fit onto a regular DVD-R.
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Then I set up an HD project in DVDSP and try to import the two. The MPEG goes in fine and burns with no problems. My BlueRay/HDDVD combo player is on its way in the mail so I can't test it, but it will not play in my SD DVD player. Then I try to import the H.264 - It states something to the effect of not a compatible format....
That is my question - Why will the H.264 not import into an HDDVD project in DVDSP - all of the settings are correct from the initial edit - through compressor - through DVDSP.
Thank you for anyone who can help - we have a large festival coming up that has the option of 35mm or HDDVDs (we cannot afford a print).

So...this issue is somewhat solved.
I have done several exports using the provided H.264 presets then tweaking them each to my own set specifics. There are four places in the formats sections of compressor that have H.264 as a codec - one of these is for iPod and web so I disregarded that one completely.
I always applied the same settings as to have a control base when doing this experiement - I haven't done a science project in probably 15 years. I also pushed the bit-rates to the highest level.
After many hours in and out of compressor and DVDSP, I found only one of of the presets loaded properly into DVDSP - the 60min under HDDVD H.264 preset (altered to my higher bit-rate)
I am still waiting on my player to try it out, but it did burn fine. This is all so strange since all of my own settings (bit-rate) and other data was constant.
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Installed fonts not showing up in Font Book or other apps

I am having an issue where fonts will install, but not show up in Font Book.
I go into Font Book, go to File > Add Fonts..., navigate to a font file and click Open, the validating and installing windows will flash by, but the font will not appear in the list of All Fonts. The file will show up in ~/Library/Fonts/, but not in Font Book or any other apps.
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I had thought of that, but they literally are nowhere to be found in the All Fonts list. I've looked through the entire list, as well as searching for the font, but nothing.
The Windows font was a font was a completely separate family not found on my Mac at all.
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3/25/14 09:26:26.739 fontd[210]: Cannot save bookmark for file 'file:///Users/spencerstevens/Library/Fonts/TradeGothicNextLTPro-Bd.otf', skipping file
3/25/14 09:26:26.739 fontd[210]: Cannot save bookmark for file 'file:///Users/spencerstevens/Library/Fonts/TradeGothicNextLTPro-HvCm.otf', skipping file
3/25/14 09:26:26.740 fontd[210]: Cannot save bookmark for file 'file:///Users/spencerstevens/Library/Fonts/TradeGothicNextLTPro-Hv.otf', skipping file
3/25/14 09:26:26.740 fontd[210]: Cannot save bookmark for file 'file:///Users/spencerstevens/Library/Fonts/TradeGothicNextLTPro-It.otf', skipping file
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3/25/14 09:26:26.742 fontd[210]: Cannot save bookmark for file 'file:///Users/spencerstevens/Library/Fonts/TradeGothicNextLTPro-HvCnIt.otf', skipping file
3/25/14 09:26:26.743 fontd[210]: Cannot save bookmark for file 'file:///Users/spencerstevens/Library/Fonts/TradeGothicNextLTPro-BdCn.otf', skipping file
3/25/14 09:26:26.744 fontd[210]: Cannot save bookmark for file 'file:///Users/spencerstevens/Library/Fonts/TradeGothicNextLTPro-BdIt.otf', skipping file
3/25/14 09:26:26.744 fontd[210]: Cannot save bookmark for file 'file:///Users/spencerstevens/Library/Fonts/TradeGothicNextLTPro-Rg.otf', skipping file
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I got so fed up of Font Book I download another Font Management software. What I'd like to know is will Font Book still be running in the background as well as the new font software? One of the reasons why I was using Font Book was to deactivate all my fonts (2,700) so my Mac would run faster. So if it is still running this kind of defeats the object. And it won't let me delete it.

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1. Does iPhoto have a maximum number of files or photos that it can handle in a single library?
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Been adding new fonts to my Font Book. Some load into Appleworks Font menu...some do not. I've checked that they are clean...and they all are. Also, each of the new fonts does load into TextEdit's font menu. Wondering how I get all fonts to load into Appleworks too. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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