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iCal font is missing.

The last time I turned my computer on, I got a warning about a font conflict. I took the action I thought would maintain the system fonts, but iCal is now no longer showing the month name, or the calendar dates.

You can see examples at:
http://s331209305.websitehome.co.uk/cal1.jpg
http://s331209305.websitehome.co.uk/cal2.jpg

Please can someone advise me which font it is that I need to restore, and where I can find it.

I have seen the page http://www.jklstudios.com/misc/osxfonts.html but I don't want to do a batch replace of my fonts if at all possible.

Many thanks!

Mac Book Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.6)

Posted on Feb 3, 2011 2:14 AM

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Feb 3, 2011 4:10 PM in response to Tomtids

Tom --

This advice comes from Kurt Lang who wrote the article you have read:

+A’s with boxes around them is always a sign of trouble with the main system+
+font, Lucida Grande.+

+Quick possible fix is to remove ALL font cache files from the system to see+
+if it's just bad cache data. For that, you need to use OnyX or other utility+
+which will remove both system and user cache files. A Safe Mode boot won't+
+work since it only removes cache data from the user account you do a safe+
+boot to.+

+If after that the problem returns, then Lucida Grande itself is damaged and+
+needs to be replaced.+

iCal font is missing.

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