I bought a .TTF font and installed it in Fontbook. It shows up in other places (Quicktime Pro, Adobe Indesign etc) but not in the list of fonts for iMovie HD 6. Can't believe I couldn't find anything about under this entire thread. The font sits in the Users>Library>Font folder. Thanks for clues.
Powerbook G4 12 1gHz 60 gb,
Mac OS X (10.4.11),
Not much else than this Old Skool Mac!
If it is an Apple font, it should display in your iMovie list of fonts.
Go to the Collections pane in the Font Book folder, and make sure that the font is installed in both the User and Computer subfolders under All Fonts. You can drag the font in there. Then restart your computer and see if it displays in the iMovie font list.
If it is an Apple font, it should display in your iMovie list of fonts.
Go to the Collections pane in the Font Book folder, and make sure that the font is installed in both the User and Computer subfolders under All Fonts. You can drag the font in there. Then restart your computer and see if it displays in the iMovie font list.
Thanks Rich - though I would have thought the Computer option was only for fonts pertaining to the OSX system. I notice that when I try to drag the font, ROMEO.TTF to 'Computer' in that panel, it tells comes up with a window saying "Serious problems found with this font. Do not use this font."
Should I ignore that and sully forth, as they say in mother England?
I've used this font a lot - in all kinds of ways.
You should heed the warning. Can't tell what the problem is. Might be the font somehow got corrupted.
I would try the oft applied maintenance of deleting preferences and doing a permissions repair. To delete preferences, close iMovie and trash the file named com.apple.iMovie.plist found in User (the house icon)/Library/Preferences. Also, drag to your desk top the FontCollections file (NOT the Font Book) found in User (the house icon)/Library.
Then do a permissions repair using the Disk Utility app found in HD/Applications/Utilities. In the left hand pane of the Disk Utility window select your hard drive icon and then click on repair permissions. Takes about 3 minutes to repair. Then relaunch iMovie and see if you still have the problem. iMovie will recreate the .plist file that you deleted, as well as the FontCollections file. After confirming that the FontCollections file has been replaced in User/Library, you can delete the one on your desk top.
If you still have the problem, you might try clearing the troublesome font out of your system, and then reinstalling, following the directions for "Installing a font" in the Help menu. Skip trying to drag into the computer folder.
I did think of one other thing. Check your Font Book folder and see if by chance the font that you are trying to install is a duplicate font (it will have a black dot next to it). If so, go to the Edit menu in the Font Book folder and click on Resolve Duplicate Fonts. Also, if your font is greyed out or marked "Off", again go to the edit menu and click on Enable Font.
Rich, I checked this first. There was a black dot next to it - but also next to some other ones like Arial. 1. I looked at the warnings and it said "Font Not Found/Unknown Font" - yet I've been using it.
2. I did a select all (presumeably) on the fonts in Fontbook and it a) Turned off ALL the Arial fonts, dupe or otherwise but b) didn't do anything to the Romeo font, which still has the black dot. Spooky!
