Text error: Letters render as different letters!

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Text error: Letters render as different letters!

This has been happening occassionally (since I updated to FCPX 10.0.6): Notice how the rendered text says "Canon 24-/0," but the source text says "Canon 24-70"? Often FCPX transposes 7 with /, or sometimes it's opposite: an intentional / is replaced by 7. Weird, and maddening. It always looks correct in the monitor before render. Even if I force a re-render, no fix.

I'm using a font called "Headline Two," and I usually edit in a 720p23.98 timeline.

Final Cut Pro X, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Nov 19, 2012 6:54 PM

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Griffinity Author

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Nov 27, 2012 6:27 PM in response to Griffinity

Here's the most egregious text error yet: a plus sign, equals sign and dollar sign are each rendered as completely different characters.

+ = $ becomes 3 | "

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Nov 28, 2012 7:02 AM in response to Griffinity

I tried this and it is clear to me that there is a problem with the font you are using. Copy and paste the text from FCP X into a new window in Text Edit. Now switch to the same font you are using in FCP X. You will see the exact same thing.

You are blaming FCP X, when the problem is with the font you are using.

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Nov 28, 2012 7:26 AM in response to Griffinity

Griffinity wrote:

Here's the most egregious text error yet: a plus sign, equals sign and dollar sign are each rendered as completely different characters.

+ = $ becomes 3 | "

I just installed your font on my machine - look, what it does in MSWord:

no signs at all!

so, this .otf is badly done

btw: all caps only, no €-characters, not well spaces/kerned (look that hole btw W and A!) and - imho! - ugly 😉

use a diff. font.-

e.g. IMPACT …

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Nov 28, 2012 7:38 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

Luis, I tried your test: copying the text out of FCPX, into TextEdit, and changing the font to "Headline Two." It looks fine. In fact, in FCPX, the font looks fine on the screen, until it renders. Perhaps there's something about the font that FCPX doesn't like, but FCPX is the only app I use that causes this problem with this particular text.

I blame FCPX, because I use this font weekly, and never had any problems with FCPX 10.0.5, but this problem happens often now that I use 10.0.6. Strangely, it's not even consistent: sometimes these symbols or numbers render correctly—sometimes not.

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Nov 28, 2012 7:39 AM in response to Karsten Schlüter

Karsten, that doesn't looks like the font I'm using: "Headline Two."

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Nov 28, 2012 7:48 AM in response to Griffinity

Apple's Motion has had issues with fonts installed in the User folder and putting the fonts in the main System folder fixed it. You might want to check that out.

I always install my fonts to be used by "everyone" now (System) instead of just me, in FontBook.

Good luck

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Nov 28, 2012 7:48 AM in response to Griffinity

Here is what I got:

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Dec 22, 2012 7:06 AM in response to Griffinity

Looks like FCP v10.0.7 fixed the issue! Since the update, it's no longer happening.

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