Copying fonts - show up as .exe files in 10.4.6

I have never seen a font show up as an exe file. It's very weird.

The .exe file extension is not a Unix executable it's a Windows executable file.

Jrsy

Ah! Yes, that does clarify it. The orginal files show up as fonts under Get Info?

Where are the fonts from? If they're PC Type 1 PostScript fonts, they won't work on a Mac.

Where are the original copies of the fonts? In other words, do you have a copy of the fonts on your PowerBook where they appear and work fine? And you're having problems when you try to transfer the files to your G5 and Mac Mini?

It will help to focus in on one method of transferring them from one Mac to another. Do you have an external hard drive or floppy drive that you can use to move the files between the Macs, or do you need to do it over the network?

Dual 2.7 GHz PowerPC G5 w/ 2.5 GB RAM Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Could it be a compatibility issue with the Intel chip? I would think not, but this is unexplainable.

Correct. The CPU doesn't have anything to do with it. There have been other posts here though with people having trouble with fonts on the new Macs.

That said, there isn't (shouldn't be) any problem with fonts on an Intel based Mac. Are you keeping the Type 1 PS fonts together? That is, the suitcase of screen fonts and printer outline fonts in the same folder? It's required for those types of fonts in order for them to work.

And one other thing. If you try and copy them over while they are active (in a Fonts folder) on the other Mac, that won't work either. Make copies of them on the source Mac first to a dummy folder that is not inside any of the Fonts folder. The desktop will do. Then copy those duplicates over.

I'm having the exact same problem...I checked out a font on a G3 (OS 9 and OS 10 both) and it shows up as a PostScript Font with 72 KB...then I checked it out on the Mac Mini and it shows up as an Unix Executive File with Zero KB...any ideas?

I experienced the same problem copying fonts on the same drive from one user to another from within terminal using the cp command. I found the solution in the macoshints forums:

the cp command does not tend to the resource forks some app files have, effectively corrupting them.

instead, use the command ditto -rsrc

see the ditto man pages

It worked and I learned another new command.

PowerMac G5 1.8 Single Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Thanks a million...that worked! Do you have any idea how to use terminal and the command ditto -rsrc to copy a lot of fonts at once instead of individually?

Mac Mini Mac OS X (10.4.5)