I've just noticed that all the postscript fonts on my Mac have become zero bytes and unusable. The fonts files are now called Unix Executable File.
What's going on??
I'm running macOS Monterey 12.4
I know that postscript fonts will not be supported in Adobe software in a few months, but this is something different. The fonts in Finder are zero bytes and are not showing up in Font Book or any app.
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 12.4
Some more information. I have two user groups on my Mac. Only one of these user groups uses iCloud Drive – and this is the user account where all postscript fonts are zero bytes. In my other account the fonts are fine. This suggests that when the fonts reside on my Mac and on iCloud they get corrupted.
I'm not using iCloud Drive to move the fonts. The fonts are located on my Desktop* and on iCloud Drive.
*I have a lot of postscript fonts and legacy TrueType fonts. I do not want to put all of them into /Users/username/Library/Fonts folder. I only add and remove fonts when I need them / don't need them for a particular project.
It seems that because I have iCloud Drive Desktop and Documents turned on that this corrupts postscript fonts. I suspect the work around is to store the fonts on a removable hard drive and then copy a font over when I need it. This way the font doesn't come into contact with iCloud Drive.
Just copying the unprotected T1 fonts onto iCloud Drive may be all that is needed to ruin them. The external drive approach would be a practical means to avoid font damage and your goal of dynamic project utility.
You put the postscript fonts in an arbitrarily named folder and zip that folder if moving it through iCloud Drive to prevent font damage. On the destination Mac, you unzip that folder, and move the contained T1 fonts into the /Users/username/Library/Fonts folder.
In a folder on my Mac desktop. (Then when required I'll move a font into the Library Fonts folder when I need to use it) I am also using iCloud Drive Desktop and Documents Folders so the fonts are located in two places: iCloud Drive and on my Mac. See screen grab.
I've just copied over all my postscript fonts and legacy TrueType fonts from my user account where they are working. The fonts appear to be fine, for now, but I fear they too may get corrupted and end up zero bytes. I'll keep my eye on them.
Where exactly are the font files located ?
All postscript fonts have become zero bytes
