[OS X TeX] fonts in leopard

[Herbert Schulz]

On Nov 2, 2007, at 8:47 PM, Gary L. Gray wrote:

> On Nov 2, 2007, at 8:22 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote:
>
>> On Nov 2, 2007, at 5:09 PM, Herbert Schulz wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Nov 2, 2007, at 7:03 PM, Christopher Menzel wrote:
>>>
>>>> I would guess that this must have something to do with those  
>>>> "ATSFontFindFromContainer failed: count = 2" and (in the case of  
>>>> TeXniscope) "no glyphs present" errors, but I don't know  
>>>> anything at all about OS X internals.  Anyone have a clue?   
>>>> Something definitely seems systematically wrong here.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> i hate to say it... but one word comes to mind... PDFKit. That  
>>> seems to me to be the common divisor for all but Adobe Reader  
>>> and, supposedly, that works. Have you made sure that the fonts  
>>> are actually included in the file?
>>
>> I'd try using Font Book to verify all of your fonts.  It sounds  
>> like ATS is choking on a bad font.  You could also try a new user  
>> account, assuming you don't have custom fonts installed in / 
>> Library/Fonts.
>
>
> I would also delete your font caches (there are a number of tools  
> that will do this, just search VersionTracker; you can also do so  
> in the Terminal). When this happens to me, deleting font caches has  
> always fixed the problem (at least under Tiger -- it hasn't  
> happened to me with Leopard).
>
> -- Gary
>

Howdy,

Ooops... I jumped to a conclusion before its time.

Can we make general rules?

Symptom: PDF display is uncertain since various glyphs aren't  
displayed properly and which ones varies with each display.
Solution: Cleaning out Font Cache(s) usually solves this problem.  
This can be done via the Command Line or through several GUI utility  
applications (e.g., Tiger/Leopard Cache Cleaner, Onyx, etc.).

Symptom: Files have the wrong icon, are opened by the wrong  
application and/or the same application appears multiple times in  
Open With... list in the Contextual Menu.
Solution: Have Launch Services rebuild its data base (a cache of  
sorts too). This can also be done via the Command Line or using GUI  
applications (e.g., Onyx, etc.). I've occasionally run into  
situations where I've had to force a rebuild more than once before  
things cleared up.

Under Tiger and Leopard at least some of these Caches reside in  
different locations so the program you use should be known to be  
compatible with the OS version.

What other things can usually be cleared up tis way. I know that some  
things can get ``fixed'' by clearing out possibly corrupted  
preference files.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest.com)



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