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Font problems after 10.6.7

I'm getting lots of strange behaviour relating to fonts since updating to 10.6.7. This is all in things that used to work perfectly.
PostScript output causes errors in Distiller (problems in font definitions); and manipulating PDF objects can cause embedded fonts to become .... unembedded.

As I understand it, there were lots of security fixes to font handling in the update, but it seems to have caused loads of trouble.

The developers for an app I use, Imposition Wizard, have confirmed that things aren't working as they are supposed to and have filed bug reports with Apple.

However, as I do a lot of work with PostScript and PDFs, I will have to reinstall the OS to 10.6.6.

iMac 2006 2Ghz, Mac OS X (10.6.7), MacBook 2008

Posted on Mar 22, 2011 3:07 PM

424 replies

Kurt Lang

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Apr 12, 2011 3:19 PM in response to LHAnderson

my manager has a brand new macbook pro with 10.6.7 and is able to print PostScript fonts just fine.

Type 1 or OpenType? There is no trouble with Type 1 PS.

Apr 12, 2011 4:26 PM in response to Kurt Lang

It was the same font that wasn't working on the iMacs: Myriad Pro

R C-R

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Apr 12, 2011 4:30 PM in response to Kurt Lang

Kurt Lang wrote:
I was just generally noting that it has been reported. I wasn't trying to be specific about what exactly was wrong at all.

And I was just noting that "it" isn't even close to the same thing for everybody. That means that everybody that can should submit a bug report or Apple feedback with as much detail as possible about what symptoms they see & how to reproduce them. That should include version numbers of the Adobe (or other) apps involved, full font names & their version numbers, & anything else that might not be the same for everybody.

It would not be a bad idea to include some of those details in posts here as well. If nothing else, that might help folks figure out if one of the several proposed fixes in this long topic might work for them.

KJK555

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Apr 12, 2011 4:39 PM in response to British31

I have created a standard installation package to fix the Adobe font issue.

It replaces only the affected ATS.framework binaries with the 10.6.6 versions.

You can get it here:
Kj's Download Page
(Bottom of the green section: "FontFix10.6.7" link.)

Kj

Apr 12, 2011 9:55 PM in response to KJK555

Wish me luck, I'm a gonna try it! Good thing I just backed up my system a few days ago!

Apr 12, 2011 10:01 PM in response to British31

Hey, it works! I checked my most f'd up app, LiveType, the one app I really don't use anymore, well it was having issues from day one, open a doc, the text would be stretched, missing letters, the works, I have opened a few offending docs, and voila, no more issue, thanks KJ, you are the master!

Apr 12, 2011 10:12 PM in response to KJK555

I fwd'd your link to the FCP forum, they are having some of the same issues as me and the rest of us, this issue does not only effect pdf scripts, lettering in fcp and Livetype got all messed up as well! Hope you don't mind.

KJK555

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Apr 13, 2011 3:11 AM in response to British31

I am pleased to be of service. 🙂

Kurt Lang

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Apr 13, 2011 5:58 AM in response to R C-R

And I was just noting that "it" isn't even close to the same thing for everybody. That means that everybody that can should submit a bug report or Apple feedback with as much detail as possible about what symptoms they see & how to reproduce them. That should include version numbers of the Adobe (or other) apps involved, full font names & their version numbers, & anything else that might not be the same for everybody.

Very true. The more info Apple gets (and simply the more people who complain), the faster the problem will get the attention it should be getting.

Apr 13, 2011 6:07 AM in response to KJK555

Has anyone tried this fix with affected Flash files yet? Thanks.

Apr 13, 2011 6:34 AM in response to KJK555

I tried the patch of KJK555, but for me not solve the problem, Acrobat distiller give ma an error when try to incorporate an Open type fonts (MyriadPro)

Apple??? where are you???

KJK555

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Apr 13, 2011 10:13 AM in response to Matteo Cacciari

I only patched the ATS.framework, which I assume is only for "Adobe Type Set" fonts.

The open type fonts are, most likely, handled by some other module.

Kj

Apr 13, 2011 1:08 PM in response to KJK555

Thank you!!

R C-R

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Apr 13, 2011 4:21 PM in response to KJK555

KJK555 wrote:
I only patched the ATS.framework, which I assume is only for "Adobe Type Set" fonts.

For what little it is worth, ATS stands for "Apple Type Services," the system-wide service for all font types.

alesser

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Apr 13, 2011 4:51 PM in response to KJK555

By the way, this problem appears to be causing the newest version of MS Word/Excel/Powerpoint [Office Suite] (14.1 update) to have trouble importing some PDFs or doing copy-pastes from preview !

This is a major problem !

See the MS Office thread here : http://www.officeformac.com/ms/ProductForums/Office/8090/

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