Letters disappearing on Pages file when I print!! Help!

I have created a flyer using Pages and I'm using a font I downloaded called "Drift Type". I have used this font before several times with no problems but this time it won't print the O's. I have saved as PDF & JPG and the O's disappear there as well, but when I pull up the Pages file they are there (just won't show up when I print). I tried it with a different letter and it works fine. I tried using a zero, but the font does not have numbers. Can anyone help me??

MacBook Pro

Posted on Oct 16, 2011 9:30 AM

36 replies

Mar 19, 2013 5:27 AM in response to Tokyo

Check which language is at the top of your Language Preferences list. I suspect that may be the problem.

Peter

fruhulda

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Mar 19, 2013 6:35 AM in response to Tokyo

If it is a MacOs x problem you could first try a safe restart. Restart your computer. Press the Shift key when you hear the starting chime. Keep it pressed untill you see a bar emergin on the screen. Let it work, might take some time. Log in and try Preview and Pages again. Then restart again the normal way.

If it works all is fine otherwise you can install MacOs 10.6 again ontop of what yo have. You don't have to do a "clean" install. Dont forget to do the system updates. I usually have first downloaded the Combo updates for the system before I do a system inallation.

Jeff Shenk

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Mar 19, 2013 7:19 AM in response to Tokyo

The only time I have seen this, it was a corrupt font. You might want to try repacing the font on your 10.6 machine with a copy of the one on your 10.7 machine.

Tokyo

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Mar 19, 2013 6:25 PM in response to Jeff Shenk

Thanks.

I installed the same fornt on the 10.7 Mac as was on the 10.6 Mac. Which would seem to indicate it is not the font. However, when I read the document in Acrobat Pro the O is replaced with a vertical rectangle. Does anyone know what this means in Acrobat Pro?

Mar 19, 2013 10:40 PM in response to Tokyo

Yes it means it can't find the character.

Since you are using both Japanese and Latin input it could mean the two are crossed over somewhere. pdf files usually only contain subsets of font characters, especially when they are huge sets like Japanese fonts.

Hard to tell exactly what is going wrong without being able to get at the file and fonts.

Peter

Tokyo

Level 1

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Mar 20, 2013 3:13 AM in response to PeterBreis0807

I changed English input to Japanese Romaji, English characters.

Using the Edwardian font, it displays correctly but the O is mising when saving to PDF.

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Letters disappearing on Pages file when I print!! Help!