Why do most of my fonts in Keynote track extremely tight?

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Why do most of my fonts in Keynote track extremely tight?

I am using Keynote '09 (5.3) on a MacBookAir. Most any font I choose (other than the standard fonts loaded in the templates) seem to track so tightly, any word seems to appear like a blob. The font is recognizable but the kerning is like negative 100! I cannot control this 'tracking' either.

I found a post that offered to remove duplicates or re-install certain fonts but this should not be the issue--nearly ALL my fonts are affected this way!

Any help will be appreciated.

Scot

Posted on Jan 24, 2013 1:28 PM

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Gary Scotland

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Jan 24, 2013 2:36 PM in response to Scot.Clark

If you undertake a software repair it should sort this problem by clearing the font cache

shut down the Mac
start the Mac again and press the shift key immediatly after the start up sound, and continue to hold until the gray apple appears
let the Mac run until the desktop appears, this will take longer than usual, its repairing your software
from Applications folder > Utilities > Disk Utility; click on your system disc in left pane > First Aid > Repair Disc Permissions
restart normally when completed

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Scot.Clark Author

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Jan 24, 2013 6:45 PM in response to Gary Scotland

Thanks Gary!

Before trying your solution, I launched Keynote again tonight and got this error (below). After the Safe Mode/Permissions Repair, Keynote displays the fonts correctly.

Scot

Process: Keynote [936]

Path: /Applications/Keynote.app/Contents/MacOS/Keynote

Identifier: com.apple.iWork.Keynote

Version: 5.3 (1170)

Build Info: iWorkAppBundler-9850000~40

App Item ID: 409183694

App External ID: 12013121

Code Type: X86 (Native)

Parent Process: launchd [136]

User ID: 501

Date/Time: 2013-01-24 21:21:39.462 -0500

OS Version: Mac OS X 10.8.2 (12C60)

Report Version: 10

Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)

Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000

Application Specific Information:

*** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'SFUOpenError', reason: 'Could not open /Volumes/...

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Answer 3

Jan 25, 2013 5:20 AM in response to Scot.Clark

excellent result

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