Missing Font Error–TimesNewRomanMS

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,

They'll be displayed in Font Book if they were added.

and don't know if that'll work

That will work. But you shouldn't need to do that. Just put them all into one of the Mac OS X Fonts folder, for example, the <Macintosh HD/Library/Fonts/> folder.

If nobody knows how to fix this problem...

The TimesNewRomanMS font is a Microsoft font (as someone else noted). You must have installed it with a Microsoft product like Internet Explorer or Microsoft Office. Have you reinstalled all the Microsoft products you previously had on your Mac before erasing it?

Kurt also suggested you use the AppleScript program I wrote to change this font to another variation of Times New Roman that is already installed. If you're having trouble using this script just email me and I'll send you a copy. (My email address is in my profile - click my name to view it.)

NB AppleScript is a programming language made by Apple and shipped with every Mac.

I'll just call Apple tech support because this is a huge nuissance.

You can do this, but it might be the 'long way' of fixing the problem, if indeed they came up with a solution.

Dale

Dale,

Kurt also suggested you use the AppleScript program I

well, actually it was me who suggested your AppleScript program 🙂

Good opportunity to say Thank you for that script!



PowerBook G4 17", 1GB Mac OS X (10.4.6) iMac G5 20"; iPod 3G, iPod Shuffle, iSight

It should have been me, since I was so psyched with Dale's script in the other post. : )

I didn't suggest the script because this version of Times New Roman is one installed on my machine. Seems like a common font, enough so that this user should probably install it.

Kurt

Dale,

Kurt also suggested you use the AppleScript program

well, actually it was me who suggested your
AppleScript program 🙂

Oops 😉

Good opportunity to say Thank you for that
script!

Thanks!

Dale

If you still think the script will work, my email
address is jmmcgeeATucalgary.ca.

Sent with instructions a short while ago. Now I'm off to bed.

Cheers.

Dale

Here's an easier solution, at least to my version of this problem. It seems that I often begin getting the error in a document when someone else on my network opens it (in Pages) and saves it again.

Here's what I did to make the error message go away:

1. Open Font Book and delete Times New Roman.

2. Quit Font Book.

3. Go to the following Microsoft web site and download the updated font package, which includes Arial as well as Times New Roman:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d1d378f9-9b31-4cb3-a022 -c9148427a8c3&DisplayLang=en

4. Unstuff the .sit archive and double-click on Times New Roman, then click "Install" when the font comes up.

5. Quit Font Book, and open the problem document in Pages - hopefully without the annoying error message.

I am very surprised your earlier install of Office did not add these fonts since they are quite old.

There are multiple version of Times and Times New Roman...glad you found the right ones.

You may want to open Font Book again and make sure these fonts are not now listed as duplicates. In Font Book Duplicate fonts have a dot next to them. Having multiple version of Times New Roman activated can cause other weird behavior. You might want to deactivate (do not delete) the other Times New Roman versions.

Kurt

Sorry to continue to add to the confusion but:

I checked all my versions of Times New Roman. Disabling all but the newest version improved font rendering for all my apps. The old versions you downloaded are not the newest ones.

Kurt