font problem when switching from Classic to OSX

[Abo]

We have a mac running in classic mode for illustrator,indesign and photoshop. when we try to go to OSX and open a document made in the same illustrator version but in classic we get a message that one font is missing : HelveticaNueue thin ext . When in check my fonts in OSX the helvetica nueu thin ext is not there and when i try to install it right from the fonts folder of the classic fontbook doesn't give any errors but i cannot see the font in the list, is it possible that fontbook or OSX renames the font ? Also when i look in the /system/libary folder the font isn't there and when i check in the folder /username/library/fonts the font is there.

Has anyone any suggestions on what to check are on how to solve this problem?


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[twister]

what if you were to physically move the font into one of the font folders? I know you are not supposed to do that cuz it can confuse font book but it may work.

 

[Abo]

I have tried this out and this doesn't work , the strange thing is that the other helvetica nueue fonts does work does anybody know how i can check if a font is corrupt ?

 

[gdekadt]

I had this problem about a year ago...
If I remember rightly - OS X comes with a version of HelveticaNeue with just a few styles - one of the Mac OS X exclusive ".dfont" ones. This font is probably conflicting with the one that you want to be using. I've been using Suitcase and now with version X1 it is a very painless way of managing your fonts. Alternatively check out the "Removing excess fonts" thread at macosxhints.com if you want to be doing this stuff manually/with Font Book.