Font Problems with Freehand MX and OSX 10.2.6

[Studio327 webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Greetings All,
I work for a Large component printer and we have recently been recieving files from customers in Freehand MX and processing them on a Mac OSX 10.2.6 machine. My problem is font related. When I open the file provided (with the customers fonts loaded in Suitcase X) they do not display correctly. They appear all cryptic and make no sense at all. I then save the file as an eps and place it in Quark 6. Again, it appears incorrectly on screen when placed in Quark but when I print the file, everything looks correct. When I create a PDF from the file it appears correct. This method works fine untill I have to make a typesetting correction the original file because I can't decipher the text to make the correction. I don't know if anyone else is having this same problem but any ideas are welcome. Thank you.

[maxman23 webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Sounds like an issue of corrupt fonts. or missing screen fonts, or some combination thereof. Your best bet would be to get your client to supply you with fresh copies of the fonts in question.

Max
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Max MacDonald
Toronto

[Studio327 webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Currupt Fonts were our inital thought but that can not be the problem because the file printed and Postscripted just fine. It has to be something else. Thanks Though!

[maxman23 webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Then I'd say the fonts as supplied were incomplete. If they look like crap on-screen but print correctly, every time, then they are likely missing the corresponding screen fonts. In which case you still need new, complete font sets in order to accurately edit the files.


Max
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Max MacDonald
Toronto

[OneSizeFitsAll webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

I know what you are talking about Studio327 :-)

For myself I created a while back some LogoFonts that were all working and behaving OK under Mac OS 8.5 - 9.2 and then suddenly when I shifted to Mac OS X, I could not use these fonts anymore in FreeHand. In Illustrator I still can. In FileMaker I can't anymore. Any explanation for this?

Regards,

[maxman23 webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Hello, OneSizeFitsAll... what font management app, if any, are you using in OS X? For that matter, what were you using in OS 8/9? And what do you mean, exactly, by the term "LogoFonts?" You say you created them?

Cheers,

Max
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Max MacDonald
Toronto

[Ralf56 webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

I have the same problem certain fonts will work fine in other programs (Adobe, Quark, etc.) But not in freehand 10/ MX in OSX if I boot in OS9 and run same freehand 10 file with Same fonts all looks and Prints fine I'm running with suitcase 10 on a G4 with dual 1ghz. I don't know why some fonts wont work in X