Changing Fonts

[david preswick]

I have some filemaker files running across a win95 network.

Every now and then someone reboots the PC where the files live while the
files are open on another PC.

Twice I have had to "recover" the files and while they run fine, the fonts
have changed eg from times to arial.

One of them is very dependent on appearance and has heaps of layouts - is
there a reason and/or solution to this.

PS I had a proper backup so it is an annoyance and curiosity rather than a
crisis.

Thanks

David

[Howard Schlossberg]

One suggestion would be to yell at anyone who reboots the computer
without properly shutting down. Another suggestion would be to move the
hosting to a computer that nobody has any right touching. Or better,
get FileMaker Server and put that on a dedicated machine.

And since the above suggestions are sometimes just not feasible for some
very small companies or non-profits, I'll offer you this:

I used to see similar problems quite often when I was using FMP 4.x on a
Windows 95 box that didn't have as much memory as it probably should
have. I haven't seen such problems in years, though. By upgrading to
Windows XP, you will likely avoid any need for reboots, but you will
definitely need more memory to run it. And if you aren't yet up to at
least FMP 5.x, then I would highly recommend updating there too. I'm
not sure which deficiency was the root of my font problems, but they
definitely went away after upgrading to Win98, FMP 5.x and more memory.

david preswick wrote:

> I have some filemaker files running across a win95 network.
>
> Every now and then someone reboots the PC where the files live while the
> files are open on another PC.
>
> Twice I have had to "recover" the files and while they run fine, the fonts
> have changed eg from times to arial.
>
> One of them is very dependent on appearance and has heaps of layouts - is
> there a reason and/or solution to this.
>
> PS I had a proper backup so it is an annoyance and curiosity rather than a
> crisis.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Howard Schlossberg (818) 883-2846
FM Pro Solutions Los Angeles, California
Associate Member, FileMaker Solutions Alliance

[david preswick]

Thanks Howard
First I'll yell at myself - it was actually me that did the re-booting
Second, I have FMP4, 5 and 6 - Just for some reason I haven't upgraded some
files... I will do so now.
Thanks very much

David Preswick


"Howard Schlossberg" <howard@antispahm.fmprosolutions.com> wrote in message
news:viaglt8et5ka2d@corp.supernews.com...

> One suggestion would be to yell at anyone who reboots the computer
> without properly shutting down. Another suggestion would be to move the
> hosting to a computer that nobody has any right touching. Or better,
> get FileMaker Server and put that on a dedicated machine.
>
> And since the above suggestions are sometimes just not feasible for some
> very small companies or non-profits, I'll offer you this:
>
> I used to see similar problems quite often when I was using FMP 4.x on a
> Windows 95 box that didn't have as much memory as it probably should
> have. I haven't seen such problems in years, though. By upgrading to
> Windows XP, you will likely avoid any need for reboots, but you will
> definitely need more memory to run it. And if you aren't yet up to at
> least FMP 5.x, then I would highly recommend updating there too. I'm
> not sure which deficiency was the root of my font problems, but they
> definitely went away after upgrading to Win98, FMP 5.x and more memory.
>
> david preswick wrote:

> > I have some filemaker files running across a win95 network.
> >
> > Every now and then someone reboots the PC where the files live while the
> > files are open on another PC.
> >
> > Twice I have had to "recover" the files and while they run fine, the

fonts

> > have changed eg from times to arial.
> >
> > One of them is very dependent on appearance and has heaps of layouts -

is

> > there a reason and/or solution to this.
> >
> > PS I had a proper backup so it is an annoyance and curiosity rather than

a

> > crisis.

>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Howard Schlossberg (818) 883-2846
> FM Pro Solutions Los Angeles, California
> Associate Member, FileMaker Solutions Alliance
>

[Corey_Spann@adobeforums.com]

Hello,

I have a question that may be a bit basic, but for some reason it is causing me a great deal of headaches. (Acrobat Pro 7.0.2) I have a PDF file that was generated in QuarkXpress. I need to use the text touch up tool to correct some small typos, etc., however, while I can modify some of the document I am getting font errors on other areas. (Font not installed error)

Question: Is there a way to simply change the font for that section of text to another font that is installed? Sorry if this has been asked a million times. Thanks in advance for any assistance.

Corey

[Jon_Bessant@adobeforums.com]

Just ensure you have that actual font on your workstation ....

Jon

[Tom Graner]

I have posted a similar message a few days ago. I feel something changed in Acrobat 7.

Tom

Here is the link to the other message:
Tom Graner, "Adding reference page links - fonts not embedding in Acrobat" #1, 3 Aug 2005 7:52 pm </cgi-bin/webx?13@@.3bbb995e/0>