OS 9 + OS X (Tiger) Fonts Issues

joner · #1 December 14th, 2006, 11:42 AM

Hi,

I regularly work with files which contain CE, Cyrillic and other language fonts in Quark. The fonts work ok in OS 9 but don't work and don't appear in OS X (Tiger).

Does anybody know why this is happening and how I can resolve the issue?

I am using Suitcase Fusion an Intel Mac and Quark 6.5.

Is this another Mac OS 9/10 incompatibility?

MisterMe · #2 December 14th, 2006, 01:35 PM

So, you are using MacOS 9 and MacOS X on two different computers? Do you have the fonts installed properly on your Intel Mac?

joner · #3 December 15th, 2006, 11:35 AM

Thanks for replying...

Without wanting to sound like a complete muppet, what do you mean by installing the fonts properly?

All I have done is grab them from my OS 9 and put them on the Intel and then load them into Suitcase Fusion.

Is there something else I should be doing?

Natobasso · #4 December 15th, 2006, 12:08 PM

what are the dot extensions to the fonts you are moving? It could be they are not in a file format that's supported in OS X on an Intel Mac.

I recommend ditching Fusion and going for the free Font Explorer here: http://www.linotype.com/fontexplorer

Make sure all your user fonts are not loaded in System/Fonts. Just keep your system fonts there. Create a different folder inside your hard drive called MY FONTS or something like that and store your fonts there. Load them from there too.

joner · #5 December 15th, 2006, 12:34 PM

various file extentions...

.afm
.bmap
.truetype

Thanks for the advice, I will give it a go and get back to you.

Natobasso · #6 December 15th, 2006, 12:37 PM

Look at this list of specs: http://www.wesleyan.edu/its/media/fonts_osx.htm
Looks like only true type fonts are still supported by OS X.

Another forum thread on the topic here: http://www.macaddict.com/forums/post/19414

MisterMe · #7 December 15th, 2006, 04:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Natobasso

Look at this list of specs: http://www.wesleyan.edu/its/media/fonts_osx.htm
Looks like only true type fonts are still supported by OS X.

...

That is a total misreading of the linked webpage. Read it again. It clearly states that MacOS X supports the following font formats:

PostScript
Multiple Master
Mac TrueType
Windows TrueType
dfonts (MacOS X TrueType)
OpenType

Not listed are TrueType GX and PostScript GX, which are also supported.

The takeaway message is that MacOS X supports just about any font format that is available today.

Natobasso · #8 December 15th, 2006, 04:49 PM

Actually, Mister, it was a partial reading of the page.