strange boxes showing up in PDF print and normal printing

I was also having this issue. I opened Font Book, selected all the fonts, and did a "Validate Fonts" in the File Menu.

I received almost 60 "minor problems", most of which were duplicate fonts. (Click the small triangle next to the fonts marked with a small yellow triangle. The problem is inside somewhere. Look for "duplicate fonts" to be sure.) I selected the duplicates and removed them (which moves them to the trash). Note that you will be asked to enter your password for each removed font, totally annoying, but this is normal.

Once they were removed, the problem of the little boxes disappeared.

Note that removing the fonts simply moves them to the trash. You can put them into a folder (I called Removed Fonts) in case you need to put one or more back. I found no need since they were duplicates, but your mileage may vary.

Hope this helps others.

Having the same issue after upgrading to El Capitan and the new Pages.

Just did. It doesn't get fixed.

I'm still baffled about how something like this went under the radar in Apple or that something so obvious is only happening to two people.

The only workaround I've come up with is to export the Pages document to Word and then print or save as PDF from Word. The black boxes disappear, so it has something to do with Pages, not the printer or the document. However, you still have to use Word...

Oh, and don't even try to change the type font of your text in Pages or the document will become something like this (after trying Helvetica).

You won't be creating a stink for anyone but the rest of use volunteers who read these posts. Apple Product engineering is not reading these posts. You can choose to communicate directly with the OS X and Pages product teams via the following two links:

• OS X
• Pages

Just keep it short, and professional. No flaming.

HI, take a look at this posting: 'Apple Font Pack' Fonts not Working in El Capitan

The problem appears to be confined to fonts included in Apple Font Pack - these used to work perfectly prior to El Capitan but stopped working in El Capitan - fonts are replaced with blank squares. While I have sent a note to Apple and have also posted this, I have not a single response - very bad of you Apple! This problem occurs in all Apps (Word, Text Edit, and so on, where a pdf is generated). It will print fine though. Only the pdf is rendered useless and you will be unable to distribute a pdf document but will be able to print documents. I hope there is a quick fix to this idiotic bug introduced in El Capitan.

Hello VikingOSX, I have already sent a bug report of this through Pages own Pages menu, Provide Feedback option.

I still find it weird that only two of us have this issue. I'm sure some others will jump along the way, but using Pages and printing or exporting as PDF seems something that thousands would do everyday.

My issue is the same as jessefromtuolumne. A document that used to work, now has those weird boxes whenever I turn it into a PDF. And it only started happening AFTER I updated to El Capitan and also, the new Pages.

This is what I get opening in pages, even the old version. If I open and print without changing anything, it is fine. If I change 1 letter, the whole page goes to boxes. It shows up whole printing, as a .pdf or even within the preview before you open the document.

Anything with bookman font is getting boxes, but I HAVE found changing everything to Adobe Casion Pro font prints fine. I obviously haven't tried every font for good and bad, but it DOES seem to be a font error

Hi, as an answer to your problem, take a look at this post: 'Apple Font Pack' Fonts not Working in El Capitan

Every font that is part of Apple Font Pack (which includes the Bookman font), has been crippled with the release of El Capitan.

Here is the complete list of fonts included in Apple Font Pack. None of these work - they appear ok on screen but when a PDF is generated, the fonts are replaced with empty squares. Hope there is a fix for this huge problem.

Avant Garde

Bookman

Delphian

Garamond Narrow

Helvetica Black

Helvetica Compressed

Lublin Graph

Lucida Bright

Machine

N Helvetica Narrow

Nadianne

New Century Schlbk

Old English Text

Onyx

Oxford

Swing

Zapf Chancery

Zapf Dingbats

Zeal

Hey everybody,

I don't know about all of you, but at least the problem jessefromtuolumne and I have is the same.

So, good news jessefromtuolumne, I found a better fix than working through Word.

First of all, have you noticed any weird spacing between text on other Apps? For instance, I have Fantastical 2 and the App icon looked odd, misaligned. I also have 1Password and the spacing between each password entry seemed wrong. Small details which I thought had to do with each particular App.

However, what I did fixed those as well, so it might be the answer.

1. Open the Font Book App.

2. Click on File/Restore Standard Fonts... and restore the fonts.

3. I restarted, although I don't know if it's necessary.

4. That's it. No more boxes and all other Apps look the way they're supposed to.

You'll notice other Apps will look different (with a different type of font, but they'll look OK).

NOTE: I had a lot of fonts installed so yes, one or some of them are creating this issue and we probably are the only ones who have them. I don't know which one is it, but I've re-installed the ones I need and everything is working fine. So if you need to install fonts, do so in batches and check if everything's working fine afterwards.

Hope this helps you too!