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There is a certain font that I use that turns into hieroglyphs when I print. It looks fine on screen, but when I print it, it scrambles and smears itself. Here is how it happens: Using LaTeX, I generate a pdf using this font. This pdf looks just fine on screen and prints just fine. However, if I pla...

Mr. Pesala, I DO always use MainType to install fonts - that's the point of using MainType as a font "manager", isn't it? ; but InDesign installs some fonts temporarily, and some other programs (including Windows) also install fonts of their own accord. I very often see new fonts in my act...

Hi, Mr. Pesala, I tried installing over the existing copy, but it didn't make any difference. So I uninstalled the existing copy and re-installed 5.1 without removing my vault and database. That didn't have any effect either. I hate to think I have to remove my database to fix it. Also, is there no ...

I'm not sure that the problem is in the FC export. The files are fine. I think the problem is in the computer somewhere else. I've cleared the font cache with ccleaner, and checked the registry keys, and checked the c:\windows\fonts folder. I use the "everything" program as a windows searc...

Yes, I know that very well. First, in order to keep duplicates out, I uninstall the fonts, then I "remove" them from all known locations and ignore them in MainType (as I've said, the ignored list is getting lengthly), then I refresh the fonts folder to find the newly exported fonts. I hav...

Thanks for taking a look at those files. I forgot that I put that there - it was a test to see if it made any difference - and it doesn't seem to make any difference at all whether the field is empty or not. Even if I remove it and export the font again, the problem is still the same in MainType. Th...

Very nice, Mr. Crosby. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks, Mr. Pesala, for listening and discussing - it's just what I wanted (I completely understand that ideas need to be flushed out and understood before they can be of any value - if they can be of value). I (would) use the samples panel to store commonly used shapes so I don't have to remake the...

Yes, the fonts aren't very big. I'll send them in email to you. I'm probably doing something wrong, but for the life of me (and the last day or two) I can't solve it.

Just a note here so folks know I use the search function in the forum: From this post : Re: Unable to get rid of "active" fonts Unread postby Erwin Denissen » Fri Jan 11, 2013 8:57 am Robin, I'm glad you told us you did solve the issue by rebooting. A little background information might he...

This is a problem I've spent all day long on and it's driving me crazy. I made a set of four fonts: Regular Italic Bold Bold Italic The primary font ALWAYS displays in MainType as Italic, although it's not italic at all. If I open the font in the Windows font viewer, you can see that it is regular. ...

Thanks - I wasn't asking for help though - I don't have a problem to solve - that's why I posted this in "Requests and Enhancements"!

Am I doing wrong to post here?

I'm still having this problem with MainType 5.1.2 build 701.

What happens when you are creating new fonts and installing new versions of those fonts. In order to only have the new version, you have to constantly ignore the old one. The list of ignored fonts gets rather lengthly. Is there a way to clear the list? That is, delete the ignored fonts permanently a...

In my list of fonts, there are about 30 or so in the Active Fonts list that have red spheres next to them. In the context menu, "install" and "uninstall" are grayed out. They are not listed in MT's registry errors list nor in MT's invalid font resources list. They are all ttf and...