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WOFF to TTF conversion - font book crashes / nothing happens upon adding

I am urgently in need of help in a face of a deadline. I have a number of WOFF fonts supplied to me that needed conversion to Figma as TTF or OTF. However for some reason - upon drag and dropping the converted files into Font Book - nothing absolutely happens. Nothing gets added.


This happens on both my workplace M1 Pro 2021 16" ventura and on my 13" Macbook Pro mid 2012.


Does anyone have this familiar issue or problem at all?


Appreciate the response, if any.


Regards,

C85.

MacBook Pro (2021)

Posted on Mar 22, 2023 3:38 AM

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Mar 22, 2023 6:15 AM in response to Randall_2023

@Luis Sequiera1 & @Randall_2023


**UPDATE **


I decided to try installing on my M1 mini at home (Monterey 12.6.1).


Very interestingly - I can install all three (3) exact sample converted variants just fine for use in Figma....despite Font Book warnings telling me there are duplicates...even though I am installing all three variants as uniquely on their own (Light, Regular, Bold).



However the Font Book are currently displaying them (in my Mac Mini M1, Monterey OS) as erroneous boxes with squares.



It appears so far I am okay, at least for now editing and continuing my work on the Mac Mini M1, on monterey.


I shall continue troubleshooting on my M1 mini at home. But I *believe* I should be okay for now.


Thank you so much for the other suggestion checks - unfortunately I am busily needed elsewhere and I shall respond back hopefully in the next 24 hours


will write back soon when I;m ready, really do appreciate the responses @Randall & @Luis

C85

Mar 22, 2023 6:38 PM in response to Randall_2023

Dear @Randall_2023,


Back onto my primary work machine M1 Pro 2021 (Ventura 13.2.1) ~ it was set to Current User. I tried changing to All Users.


Unfortunately it didnt work - Font Book still mis-interpret it as one variant as all the same.... once again meaning that if I were to install any other variant - bold, regular , light etc - it somehow thinks of them as the exact same one(1) variant which it then deletes and removes the previous one..very frustrating...


C85.



Mar 22, 2023 6:02 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

Hi @Luis Sequiera1, thank you so much for the prompt apologies for the delayed reply,


It was converted online via multiple converters (the reason being most of them can only do limited # of conversions at a time) ~ https://convertio.co/woff-ttf/ was one of them. and https://products.aspose.app/font/conversion/woff-to-ttf . The font I'm trying to use is Styrene B - which obviously I do not realistically need all of the variants, perhaps only light, regular and bold, at least for now.


unfortunately I don't have my work machine at home here at the moment however clearly from memory ~ when I double click on each font it did brought up that familiar Font Book with a loading icon, but then only quickly vanishes and quits itself.


Mar 23, 2023 6:09 PM in response to Cascad85

***UPDATE 23rd-24th MARCH***


As unhelpful and unexpected as far as OS versioning goes, I *think* it might be OS dependent at least from what I can see as the most immediately visible causation. Monterey at my Mac M1 Mini doesn't appear to complain. But on M1 MBPRO 2021 16" running ventura - problematic.


Thankfully an OTF version was provided. And that has no problems.


In any case as unhelpful as this conclusion go unfortunately, we remain stuck as is. Use OTF or proper Truetype variants...some WOFF to TFF conversions may have played a role, but I've used multiple converters online out there, on multiple attempts, so I don't think the possible error during conversions may play a role.


Meanwhile anyone who can chime in their thoughts or if they likewise have similar problems, please do speak up.


Thank you.

C85.

WOFF to TTF conversion - font book crashes / nothing happens upon adding

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