5 thoughts on “ Word font corruption may cause OS X to hang ” Art Busbey April 21, 2014 at 11:11 am. Another problem here that I, and many others, have had over the years is that with the Microsoft FontCacheTool. I have found the best way to deal with Office-Mac-font problems is just to delete this tool. But ignoring your fonts can lead to trouble and the New Font Order introduced in OS X made font handling—always tricky at best—even more complex.

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Having trouble with custom fonts in PowerPoint in Office 2011? If you haven't already cracked your laptop into pieces out of frustration, here's the fix. Two main problems: Install the font in 'Computer' not 'User.' When you double-click a font file in OSX, the operating system installs fonts in 'User' by default. To install a font in the 'Computer' group, open your Font Book (the default OSX app that manages fonts) and drag the files into the 'Computer' section in the left hand sidebar.

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Here’s how to create a new collection: 1. In the Collections column, click on the plus-sign button (+). A new, unnamed collection will appear in the column. Name it anything you want.

In case you’re wondering, the update makes modifications to just two System extensions: AppleUpstreamUserClient.kext and AudioAUUC.kext.

In addition to letting you view fonts, the Font panel lets you organize fonts into collections, as well as select and manage them so you can find and use them easily. To access the Font panel in TextEdit, for example, select Format: Fonts: Show Font. The Font panel will appear. Apple has created some default collections for you, such as Classic, Fixed Width, Fun, and Modern. You can add, delete, and replace collections at will.

As occasionally happens, an OS X update designed to eradicate bugs allowed an entirely new bug to sneak in. This is what happened with Mac OS X 10.6.7. The symptom is this: the display and printing of text can be “jumbled” to the point of being completely unreadable. The problem does not occur in Mac OS X 10.6.6. Here’s a screenshot of a PDF document opened in Adobe Reader, showing what you could confront: I first became aware of this issue while surfing Apple’s Discussions boards (). I mentioned it in the. In the interim, this bug has been covered on several other Websites, most notably (which has a good discussion of the origin of the bug).

If the problem does recur, one of the font files you just added could be the cause. Remove the font files, and add them back one at a time. Download avast for mac directly from avast.

Wondershare PDFelement for Mac is not only compatible with Sierra, but also new High Sierra, since it's one of the best PDF software for Mac users. However, there is a problem when using Wondershare PDFelemenrt for Mac in macOS Sierra (If you're not using Sierra, but OS X 10.11 and below, then you can skip this article). When users upload multiple files in the program, the name of the files will become unreadable code. Whether the files are PDF or of other formats, this problem will occur when you're batch uploading. The reason why this happens is because the system of macOS Sierra lacks one of the necessary fonts of PDFelement for Mac. Steps for How to Fix the Font Problem When you're facing this problem, please don’t worry, because it can be fixed easily.

So when your are using Calibri in your presentation and get the error message after importing it on your iPad you can use AnyFont to install Calibri on your device which makes the error message go away and lets you use Calibri in your presentation. Let me know how you like it! THANK YOU, Dave Taylor!

That was the AppleFontSmoothing option which I set to true, or one could directly add -int 1 for that option. 🤔 I was unable to find that setting in macOS Mojave defaults. I kept looking in there. Especially in the Apple Global Domain settings, since that’s where the old setting was.

The script can determine if there are damaged fonts on your system, or if some of your fonts are causing the crash. Download and read the appropriate file. Important: This PDF ReadMe file contains critical information on how to install and run the script, and information about the results. Note: If Photoshop crashes before you can run this script, the cause is most likely in the operating system, and less likely in Photoshop. In these cases, perform the other solutions in the document. Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the FontTest.jsx.zip file below. Then save the file to a location on your hard disk, such as your Desktop.

I have been having problems with font doctor 7.7 I have at least 4 gigs of fonts on a drive. Problem #1: Font doctor does not complete its task when I run the whole folder. Problem # 2 if I run font doctor on individual small folders within my font folder some font folders get complete repairs some folders do not ( lags on last task and does not complete). Problem#3 does not complete task on organizing fonts if i try Does anyone know of a good alternative to font repair and organization latest software? Click to expand.I have to say, I've never experienced an issue with FontDoctor itself, it has come across problem fonts that it couldn't fix, but the app itself I've always found to be utterly bulletproof, and that's with 12GB of fonts.

Important: If the same problem occurs after you remove a font, one or more fonts have the same or a similar problem. Continue to perform these steps until all damaged fonts are removed.

The trick that How-To Geek found doesn’t actually turn it back on, but it does make the fonts look thicker. For this tip we’ll be entering some commands into Terminal. As usual all you have to do is copy and paste one of these commands: No Font Smoothing (0) defaults -currentHost write -globalDomain AppleFontSmoothing -int 0 Light Font Smoothing (1) defaults -currentHost write -globalDomain AppleFontSmoothing -int 1 Medium Font Smoothing (2) defaults -currentHost write -globalDomain AppleFontSmoothing -int 2 Heavy Font Smoothing (3) defaults -currentHost write -globalDomain AppleFontSmoothing -int 3 Next, sign out of your Mac and sign back in, otherwise the changes won’t fully take effect.

I am using Microsoft Word 2016 on Windows 7 Enterprise Suddenly today, every time I try to change a font or style, Word freezes for up to 60 seconds. It does this if I click the Fonts dropdown windows or modify Font Themes or paragraph styles. None of my other Office 2016 Pro applications do this. I can change fonts in Publisher, Outlook, and PowerPoint. It only does this in Word.

Hi, Have you installed any third party fonts on the computer? Method 1: You may restore the fonts to default and check whether the issue is resolved. Follow the steps mentioned.

Most mortals, with the exception of graphic designers, almost never think about fonts. But ignoring your fonts can lead to trouble. Font mishaps can be the source of mysterious application and computer crashes, slowdowns, poorly substituted fonts in print, and other perplexing problems. Just one corrupt font can be very bad news. The New Font Order introduced in OS X made font handling—always tricky at best—even more complex. Here’s how to diagnose and solve some of the most common problems.

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The Mac will let you adjust the size to your liking, so after you've turned on zoom, just hold down on the Command and Alt keys before hitting the (+) key to start zooming in. Press the (+) as many times as you need until you can comfortably read the font.

Apple has launched the amazing macOS Sierra in this fall. Some of you might have already updated your Mac devices to the latest macOS Sierra.

Where’d Everything Go? When I open Font Book, I can’t see some of the fonts I’ve installed. What’s going on? While Font Book gives you a lot of control over activating and deactivating fonts, it won’t display fonts you’ve installed with other type managers. If you work primarily in Apple’s TextEdit, Mail, Pages, or Keynote, then use OS X’s Font panel to view and organize your fonts. This sophisticated font viewer appears only in Apple’s OS X-native applications and a few other applications that support it.

If so, I’d appreciate hearing so from someone on the Microsoft team and I’ll modify this article appropriately to reflect that. You, as the reader, have been warned.

I followed your instructions (just for entertainment purposes, of course), except I downloaded the much smaller “Open XML File Format Converter for Mac 1.2.1” per Peter’s October 17, 2011 suggestion, and it worked! Calibri and Cambria were installed correctly! And dev, maybe you did the same thing I did. I right-clicked (Conrtol-clicked) on the downloaded.dmg file and there was no “show package contents”. I finally discovered you need to click on the.dmg file to actually start the installation and then right-click (Conrtol-click) on the icon in the installation window. For the XML File Format Converter the icon is labeled “Open XML File Format Converter for Mac 1.2.1.mpkg”. I hope that helps.

The value must be TRUE/YES or FALSE/NO I ran this command, checked if it worked, by logging out and in, and boy it did. I wish Apple fixes this instead of disabling this option altogether in the near future updates.

Eliminate Font Problems Easily locate and eliminate hard-to-find font problems that wreak havoc on computer performance and applications. FontDoctor will scan font folders to locate and repair common font illnesses, including missing Postscript fonts, missing bitmaps, corrupt/damaged fonts, duplicates, and lots more. • Automated font monitoring • Quarantine problem fonts • AutoScan at regular intervals 'FontDoctor is an industry standard for a good reason: it knows how to diagnose and treat problems; and it helps maintain a healthy font collection.' - MacWorld Magazine.

Double-click on the font file, and you will see the list of all of the fonts of your Mac. Next you need to click on the '+' icon on the menu bar. Add the Font to macOS Sierra Select 'SFNSText-BoldG1.otf' on the left menu, and then press the 'Open' button on the bottom right corner. Font Validation (Not Necessary) A 'Font Validation' pop-up box may show up in some of the Mac devices.

Microsoft thought they had fixed it, but it's back. There's a Severity 1 incident open on it.

Troubleshooting Word:mac. Start with The Basics!

To validate a font file without installing the font, click the File menu and select Validate File. Locate the font on your computer, click once on the font's name to select it, and then click the Open button. You can check fonts individually or check multiple fonts simultaneously. To select multiple fonts, click the first font, hold down the shift key, and then click the last font. If you want to check a large number of fonts, you might, for example, check all the font names that start with the letter 'a,' then all the font names that start with the letter 'b,' etc.

FontExplorer X Pro is also your command center when connected to the new FontExplorer X Server solution. Using FontExplorer X Pro, you're able to control your local library from one location, as well as use and manage all server-based fonts assigned to you. Administrators are able to easily distribute fonts and assign usage rights. • License: Demo, $99 • Developer/Publisher: Monotype Imaging • Modification Date: April 16, 2018 • Requirements: Mac OS X 10.9 or higher - 64-bit File Size: 29.5 MB Font Finagler 1.5b10 If you're having problems like in the image below, it could be caused by corrupt font cache files. What appears to be happening is that incorrect or corrupted encoding vector information is being used when mapping the character codes as input by your keyboard to the glyphs they represent in the problematically cached font. You can use Font Finagler's Font Cache Cleaner feature to purge these cache files in an attempt to restore normal behavior, and to help rule out a font cache corruption as the sole cause of the problem. If, however, you use Font Cache Cleaner but the problem remains, then it could be caused by a font conflict, by a corrupt or less-than-ideal-quality font, or by an underlying OS X font-handling bug.

Unzip the file by double-clicking it, and if asked, choose to extract all files. Important: Apple made the user library folder hidden by default with the release of Mac OS X 10.7. To access files in the hidden library folder to perform Adobe-related troubleshooting, use the methods in. Make sure that your fonts are located in only one font folder: • /Users/[user name]/Library/Fonts • /Library/Fonts If your fonts are not duplicated, continue with the rest of the Step. If they are duplicated, remove them from one location. Create two folders on the desktop, called fonttest and goodfonts.

Until then, the work-arounds are to avoid at least one of the cited requirements for the bug. For example, you could switch to a different font (assuming your font choice is not critical) or use Preview instead of Adobe Reader. Update:, I noted another new bug in Mac OS X 10.6.7: iTunes crashing on 13” MacBook Air laptops.

Ran into this problem about 12 years ago, and Microsoft's instructions were to repair the font database in Word's preference files. I have no idea how to do this today (or how to suggest one of my organization's techs to do it, since I don't have Admin privileges) There may be other solutions, but would like to focus specifically on repairing (or deleting) Microsoft Word 2016's font database on a computer running Windows 7 (Enterprise). Thanks in advance! My apologies to both of you. Actually it was not the Special Characters article that had a caveat about Mac but, which shows fractions in the Symbol dialog and adds: Note for Mac users: Don’t expect to see a display like the one above in Word for the Mac.

Double click on that. It will download a folder “Archive” into your downloads folder. Look inside that folder Archives and you’ll find all the MS fonts. Now just drag them all into your Fonts folder within the Library, which you’ll find by clicking on “Go” in the Finder menu, then clicking on “Computer” and then on your Macintosh HD.

Some folks in the comments asked about how I stumbled upon this fix, so for the sake of technical know-how, I am updating this post with more details. 🎯 Apple’s macOS normally has a set of defaults that you can change programmatically. I have such an opinionated workflow for whenever I install my OS from scratch. That’s a story for another day. 🤖 I remember in the past, with High Sierra, I had to enable subpixel font rendering on non-Apple LCDs.

Even after forcing the MAC to send a RGB signal, the text remained blurry until I switched the input to PC. Also, make sure that the monitor display is set to RGB rather than YUV mode (TV mode). Hope that helps somebody. And again, the question remains: Why does Apple Central make it so difficult to play nicely in the sandbox with non-Apple products.