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R+e: Snow Leopard Plays Not So Well With All Others? Print This Reply+
wrote:
+> HI all;+
>
+> Can I just explore this font issue? I just installed Snow Leopard and+
+> was told that Helvetica and Monaco should be deleted as they would cause+
+> some kind of conflict. I was given an option so I kept Helvetica but+
+> ditched Monaco. I haven't noticed any problem yet. Would it be wise to+
+> delete Helvetica? If so, what happens to all the files that use that+
+> font?+
+Well here is the situation. Apple updated a bunch of their fonts with+
+Show Leopard. Some of these fonts are also installed by Office 2008 and+
+you end up with duplicates.+
+Font Book can help you see what fonts are duplicated (and can also scan+
+the rest for corruptions, try the Validate Fonts command after selecting+
+all fonts).+
+Here is the list of duplciate fonts:+
+Andale Mono+
Arial
+Arial Black+
+Arial Narrow+
+Arial Rounded Bold+
+Brush Script.ttf+
+Comic Sans MS+
Georgia
Impact
Tahoma
+Times New Roman+
+Trebuchet MS+
Verdana
+Wingdings 2+
+Wingdings 3+
+I made the decision to disable the Microsoft ones+
(/Library/Fonts/Microsoft).
+You can do it through Font Book automatically (Resolve Duplicates), but+
+I decided to do it manually (I moved them to a new folder:+
+/Library/Fonts (disabled)).+
+Font Book (and another app) also told me that Bauhaus 93 was corrupted.+
+I didn't want to take any chance (and I don't use this font — and it's+
+not required for anything) so I also disabled it.+
+Helvetica and Monaco are NOT in the list and I don't have any problem+
+with them.+
+If you have them in more than one copy, it's not because of Office 2008.+
+Use Font Book to see what the exact problem is with these fonts. You+
+could use the Resolve DUplicates command if they are in more than one+
copy.
+Considering the issues I've had with fonts after installing Snow+
+Leopard, I would strongly recommand to reboot pressing the Shift key+
+down (safe boot) to let the System purge its font cache (after manually+
+deactivating the duplciates).+
+In my case, this cleared all my issues. The fontworker process was+
+crashing all the time on the Mac and hasn't crashed once since then.+
+(check /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports and+
~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports)
>
+> By the way, I did use Disk Utility first and found that there were some+
+> files (SUID?) that weren't able to be repaired.+
+That might not be an issue and could be expected.+
Corentin
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Cheers
Rod
Message was edited by: Rod Hagen
