URW fonts don't display correctly

[Matt_Strieby@adobeforums.com]

Does anyone out there know why certain URW Truetype fonts won't display correctly in Illustrator 9? When I select a URW font (or a bitstream font), the font displayed when I type is something completely different. For example, when I select "ColumnaSolSCD", Illstrator displays "Creepy" (a completely different, non-URW truetype font). Furthermore, I notice that in the fonts menu, these troublesome fonts are segregated to the end of the list and placed under a line under all the other fonts that do display correctly.

[LenHewitt@adobeforums.com]

Matt,

Fonts in Illustrator and Photoshop are ordered alphabetically by writing
script code. Many TTFonts have the incorrect writing script as many
foundries were using a font creation program with a bug in it.

If you open the adobefnt*.LST files (where * represents a single digit), you
will find those problem fonts have an entry for:

writingscript : easteuropean (or Greek or something other than Roman).

By editing the Adobefnt.lst file so those entries read writingscript: Roman,
they will appear in the correct order and be usable. However, you will also
need to set the adobefnt.lst file to read only, or it will revert when
Illustrator is next opened. This means that Illustrator won't see any
additions or deletions to/from your active fonts.

The real cure is to get versions of those fonts that do not contain the bug.

[Matt_Strieby@adobeforums.com]

Len

How do I edit this "adobefntLST" file?

Thanks,

Matt

[LenHewitt@adobeforums.com]

In any text-only editor, Matt - Notepad, Textpad etc.

Note that you can have numerous Adobefnt*.LST files on your machine (there
were around 53 on this machine last time I checked!) - there will be at
least one in every folder where there is a font file.