| [I'm a rambling man]
I remember having problems with the new OS X system fonts which have been largely solved by Suitcase X1.
Don't assume there is a problem with your old font - this may well be a conflict with the system font, which is being called in preference to your previously installed version.
You might want to try Suitcase X1. Or a hands on approach: remove the GillSans.dfont from the system fonts folder it sits in - long time since I did this - probably best to quit all apps - then, as an admin user move it out to a any non system recognised font folder - activating the older version you have by moving/copying it (printer and screen fonts if a PostScript font) into, for example, /Library/Fonts. Then try Freehand again.
.dfont are Mac OS X only - basically TrueType fonts with some MacMagic (TM)... nice fonts - but unfortunately they often cause conflict. There's only a few system fonts that you really need to keep controlled by the system (Gill Sans is not one of them) - use a font manager to sort the rest. I'm not trying to sell Suitcase - by in the absence of ATM Deluxe, well - I didn't have much choice when originally moving to OS X. Two of the good things in Suitcase X1 are easy management of non-essential system fonts and the bundled FontDoctor application. Although Suitcase can verify and repair fonts - FontDoctor [a very powerful repair and organisational tool] can split up custom font suitcases submitted by clients who have used preflight apps to collect different fonts into a single suitcase (more potential conflict, innit). Try saying that in one breath.No don't.
[I did get excited by Apple's Font Book - but this seemed to leave a load of rubbish in its wake after moving on to something more capable.]
I still have occasional font issues - particularly with font previews (perhaps these are as much to do with Mac OS X as anything else) but I'm happily(ish) and still working in OS X 10.3 and classic even with a bloated database of 1,600 font families plus miscellaneous supplied fonts.
Sorry to go on (as usual) hope this helps
Gabs  |