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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

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Kurt Lang

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Sep 26, 2011 1:09 PM in response to ewaldp

What do I do now? is there any value in installing the 10.6.7 Font Update if I'm running 10.7.1? I bet that sounds like a stupid question but I really don't know.

Since that update is for Snow Leopard, it won't even show up as an item you could install in Software Update. Even if you were to manually download that update, it wouldn't install in Lion.

I started having the problem in 10.6.7 but didn't see the info on the Font update until now.

Any PDF files you created in Snow Leopard 10.6.7 before applying the font fix patch will be damaged. That is, the PDF file itself is damaged and needs to be recreated. The patch will not make damaged PDF files display correctly.

ewaldp

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Sep 26, 2011 1:11 PM in response to Kurt Lang

Thanks Kurt.

If I recreate the file will it print properly in Lion?

Kurt Lang

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Sep 26, 2011 1:18 PM in response to ewaldp

It should.

ewaldp

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Sep 28, 2011 7:34 AM in response to Kurt Lang

You were right. I've re-created the file and it now prints.

I still have the other problem with these PDF files in which the lines of text overlap like they're inadequately spaced. That's part of another discussion in the forum. I hope Apple comes up with a fix.

Thanks.

Font problems after 10.6.7