benwiggy
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Q: 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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  • by LHAnderson,

    LHAnderson LHAnderson Apr 12, 2011 3:18 PM in response to benwiggy
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    Apr 12, 2011 3:18 PM in response to benwiggy
    A new twist: my manager has a brand new macbook pro with 10.6.7 and is able to print PostScript fonts just fine. Our two brand new iMacs with 10.6.7 will not.

    Curiouser and Curiouser...

  • by Kurt Lang,

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

  • by LHAnderson,

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

  • by R C-R,

    R C-R R C-R Apr 12, 2011 4:30 PM in response to Kurt Lang
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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.

  • by KJK555,

    KJK555 KJK555 Apr 12, 2011 4:39 PM in response to British31
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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

  • by British31,

    British31 British31 Apr 12, 2011 9:55 PM in response to KJK555
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    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!

  • by British31,

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

  • by British31,

    British31 British31 Apr 12, 2011 10:12 PM in response to KJK555
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    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.

  • by KJK555,

    KJK555 KJK555 Apr 13, 2011 3:11 AM in response to British31
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    Apr 13, 2011 3:11 AM in response to British31
    I am pleased to be of service.

  • by Kurt Lang,

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

  • by designer222,

    designer222 designer222 Apr 13, 2011 6:07 AM in response to KJK555
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    Apr 13, 2011 6:07 AM in response to KJK555
    Has anyone tried this fix with affected Flash files yet? Thanks.

  • by Matteo Cacciari,

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

  • by KJK555,

    KJK555 KJK555 Apr 13, 2011 10:13 AM in response to Matteo Cacciari
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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

  • by Jason A de Koning,

    Jason A de Koning Jason A de Koning Apr 13, 2011 1:08 PM in response to KJK555
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    Apr 13, 2011 1:08 PM in response to KJK555
    Thank you!!

  • by R C-R,

    R C-R R C-R Apr 13, 2011 4:21 PM in response to KJK555
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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.
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