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Re: cannot find or create font

#384
From: Bacchus
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 23:27
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Just a follow up, found another pdf reader
called Foxit Software.  Works great for me.



n Sat, 25 Feb 2006 22:26:47 +0000, Bacchus wrote:

> I have been searching through the Internet and different newsgroups
> trying to find a solution to my problem.
> 
> I've only been able to find a few other people who have the same
> problem but no one has answered their question.
> I'm a little surprised that so few people have had this problem.
> 
> It started several months ago, it seems after some updates or
> something, every PDF file I try to open I would get error cannot find
> or create font such and such even though I had the font on my
> computer.
> 
> Due to Windows instability, I had to format and reinstall it about a
> month ago.  I installed the Adobe reader seven and it worked fine.  I
> was so happy.  Now last week it started over again.  I can't open any
> Acrobat file, well the file opens but the pages are blank except for
> pictures.  I get the same error and yes I do have the fonts on my
> computer.
> 
> I had installed several hundred fonts from a package to my system a
> couple weeks ago.  Is it possible the built-in fonts were overridden
> and Acrobat does not recognize them. I have a feeling it is these
> fonts that caused the problem, but other than formatting again
> reinstalling Windows which I really hate to do, I don't know what else
> to do
> 
> I have tried to uninstall and reinstall acrobat couple a times.  I
> have searched through the registry and tried to find any reference to
> Acrobat reader and remove them by hand.  I didn't find any.
> 
> I'm about ready to give up on it, but of course so many things use PDF
> files I can't give up on the PDF files. Worse comes to worse, I can
> always send the files over to my Linux machine and read them there.
> It is just a little inconvenient. 
> 
> Thanks for any help anyone can provide
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