Missing Font Error–TimesNewRomanMS

Dennis,

Thanks for the prompt reply. I think you're right, but what application do you think it was? I tried following advice I found in another thread and downloaded MS Office, and tried copying the fonts I found in a folder called "Office." But that didn't solve the problem. I'm not sure if I did it exactly right, and I'm not sure what else to try either. Any thoughts/suggestions?

John

Hi Matthias,

Thanks for your response. I read what Dale G said, but I admit I can't follow it. If you understand what he is saying, would you mind translating for me? I don't really know what is meant by an Applescript or how to go about executing any such change. Is it the case that the font is the same but just named something else and that the problem stems from such a trivial discrepancy? (What I still really don't get is why a font I chose inside Pages wouldn't work after reinstalling? I don't understand how I could have somehow selected an foreign font...)

John

JMMCGEE,

welcome to Apple Discussions.

There's another thread on this topic
( http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=458
006&tstart=15) where Dale Gillard provides an
AppleScript to change the name of the missing font.

Sometimes the font name in Pages documents differs
from the internal font name, e.g. Pages is missing
ArialMS but the font name is ArialMT. The Dale's
AppleScript helps to correct the name.

BTW: TimesNewRomanMS needs to be replaced with
TimesNewRomanPSMT.

Kurt,

Thanks for the reply. I looked through Font Book but I'm not very familiar with it and don't know what to look for. I did find Times New Roman and there were a subheadings of "bold," "italic," etc. but no TimesNewRomanMS and no obvious way to activate or deactivate fonts.

I'm still at a complete loss.

John

Matthias,

Getting closer I think but still having trouble. I created a folder as you said, and pasted Dale's script into Script Editor (inserting the appropriate fonts), but I keep getting syntax error messages, such as: Expected “, ” but found “text”. I tried making minor grammatical changes but to no avail.
I did try pasting directly what Dale had (that is, I made no changes) and still got the same error message. So I've no idea what's up.

As for the font book, I did "control I" and saw the additional info. but am still a bit confused since all the ones under Times New Roman say 18 pt font....

Also, I can't find the script symbol you mentioned. I feel like I've seen it before, but it's not at the top of my screen now and I don't know how to get it there.

I'll much appreciate your continued assistance.

John

Hey Kurt,

The fonts look like they're enabled. Any other ideas/suggestions? I'm getting nowhere. I've been trying to add a list of fonts from Microsoft Office into Font Book, but I can't even see that they've actually been added, and don't know if that'll work anyway.

If nobody knows how to fix this problem, I'll just call Apple tech support because this is a huge nuissance.

John

Dennis,

Do you know how I can install Microsoft fonts, as you suggest is the problem. I have downloaded Office 2004 Test Drive, and have tried copying a list of fonts in a folder called Office, but don't really know what I'm doing and so far nothing's worked. Will it work if I go all the way and actually install Office?

Thanks

John