Font Book - "name" table error

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Font Book - "name" table error

I posted this earlier with some other questions, but no response, so its kind of a bump.

Font Book Validate warns about my copy of Avant Garde which I use often. This is a font I have dragged from Mac to Mac over the years. It probably was bundled with System 7 or 8. Apple eliminated it from the bundled fonts after that. It's not in any of my other software font bundles. The error is only in the Book version (that's what I use, but no error in the Demi), and only on item 'name' table structure. ID shows Kind - True Type, Version is 1.1

Is this a corruption which can be repaired? How?
Permanent damage?
Just too old for the OS10.6.xx?

I websearched to purchase a new one and found them from about $30 to $400. I prefer a True Type. How do I choose? How do I know it will be error free?

Thanks for any comment.

-B

MBP 17" 2.5GHz, Mac OS X (10.6.4), 4 GB RAM

Posted on Jul 8, 2010 11:39 AM

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Answer 1

Tom Gewecke

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Jul 8, 2010 11:51 AM in response to Benson Shaw

Is this a corruption which can be repaired? How?
Permanent damage?

Are you having any problems using this font the way you want to? If not, just ignore the fontbook warnings. They do not necessarily have any effect on your operations.

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Benson Shaw Author

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Jul 8, 2010 12:45 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

I discovered the font error when trying to solve this problem: One page, on one website (a grant ap page) displays no text/links. Per advice on other threads, I transferred groups of fonts from my various font folders to and from desktop, and tested the page. No change during removal, but after putting them all back, the page displayed and functioned. Then I applied Font Book disable duplicates and validate. Did a Safe Mode restart. I restart daily. Permission repairs & maintenance scripts weekly. The page worked OK for a couple days. But now it's blank again.

Same result in FireFox, Safari, Chrome - all updated. Popups yes/no makes no dif. Java options all enabled. Newest Flash installed.

Other notes:
1. I use MS Office X, which requires Rosetta and installs it's own font folder in Aps.
2. Another Mac in the house running 10.5.8 with a copy of that same AG font file displays the page just fine.

I am thinking the AG font is (part of?) the problem with this one web page.

-B

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Answer 3

Tom Gewecke

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Jul 8, 2010 2:43 PM in response to Benson Shaw

Other notes:
1. I use MS Office X, which requires Rosetta and installs it's own font folder in Aps.
2. Another Mac in the house running 10.5.8 with a copy of that same AG font file displays the page just fine.

Does the Mac in 2. also have MS Office X? If you are referring to the 2001 version (not office 2004 or 2008), it is obsolete and may use pre-Unicode fonts that I would not normally want on my machine.

Can you provide the url of the problem page?

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Kurt Lang

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Jul 8, 2010 5:52 PM in response to Benson Shaw

1. I use MS Office X, which requires Rosetta and installs it's own font folder in Apps.

This is a non issue. Office X and 2004 both keep copies of all the fonts they install within their own folder. They are their strictly as copies and are not seen, or used by either Office or the OS.

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Benson Shaw Author

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Jul 9, 2010 10:24 AM in response to Tom Gewecke

The Mac in 2. uses Office Mac 2008.

Problem page is a Utah State Govt page and requires establishing a user account (anyone can make an account, even if not used). Here is the login page:
https://www.dccgrants.org/login.php

Establish an account, log in. The problem page is the tab for "Grants, RFQs, Applications"

Yesterday the page displayed grid with no text again, so I removed and replaced the fonts in my user/library. The page loaded with text visible and links functional. I worked with some Word docs & Avant Garde last night. Page is still good this morning.

-B

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