Same font appearing differently on different macs

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6 total messages Started by chris_tappenden Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:27

#76

Author: chris_tappenden
Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:27

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Hey there,

I've got 4 macs all running CS3 & am having trouble getting the 'Today SB' font to appear the same on all 4.

The problem I'm getting is that on 2 of the macs when you view the font list in InDesign or Photoshop it has the Today family in the main drop down then the individual versions (light, medium, regular) as a sub menu off the main list. The other 2 macs have all the individual versions in the main list.

Doesn't sounds like a big problem but the issue is when a file is being worked on by more than one designer they get missing font messages when they open the file.

I was originally sharing the font through Suitcase Server & thought that might be causing the problem so I deleted it off the server, used Font Doctor to clean up all cached fonts & deleted any other versions of that font on all macs & the server & just installed it directly onto each mac.
Still the same problem, so it can't be anything to do with the font software.

Has anyone had a similar problem or got any suggestions?

Cheers.

Re: Same font appearing differently on different macs

#78

Author: Michael Kazlow
Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:41

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There are many places for the fonts to live. Check the 
Users/yourname/Library/Fonts
Library/Fonts
System/Library/Fonts
Library/Application Support/Adobe/Fonts
Users/yourname/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Fonts

for extra copies of the fonts.

Mike

Re: Same font appearing differently on different macs

#79

Author: chris_tappenden
Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 06:28

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Hi Mike,

Yes I checked all those places. I ran a search across the hard drive for the font & deleted all instances of it.
Still no luck.

Re: Same font appearing differently on different macs

#80

Author: Michael Kazlow
Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:54

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The next step is remove the font caches. I know you used the Font 
Doctor, but I'd recommend using something like Onyx or Applejack which 
will clear out all caches.

Mike

Re: Same font appearing differently on different macs

#81

Author: chris_tappenden
Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:40

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Yep I ran Onyx as well - cleared all the caches, installed the latest CS3 updates & basically got all machines running exactly the same, but it still references the font differently.

There's not a CS3 setting somewhere that controls how fonts are displayed/interpreted is there?

I'm also beginning to wonder if the font itself is corrupt. I'm reluctant to purchase it again though as it's not cheap.

Re: Same font appearing differently on different macs

#83

Author: Michael Kazlow
Date: Fri, 03 Apr 2009 06:58

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You should not have to repurchase the font if you have the original disk 
or original download stored safely away.

Mike

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