MainType 4.5 and Type1 - strange behaviour [Solved]
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 6:46 am
Hello !
Yesterday I installed MainType on 4 PCs with the mentioned configuration and have unpredictable results on all machines when I try to load, install or uninstall Type1 fonts (I tried several of them). Sometimes the fonts fail to load, install or uninstall, other times one of them or all tasks work.
As on the first machines where this happened the users did not have administrators rights, I assumed the security settings are the reason for this behaviour and granted access to the systems font folder, to fontcache and to the corresponding registry settings. But when I tried this on an other machine where the user has full access to everything, the same effects showed.
I also tried to install (and remove) some of the fonts manually to the font folder, after I did this the fonts could be installed, loaded and unloaded, but half an hour later, the font failed to load or uninstall again.
Whenever Maintype had such problem and I wanted to close it, it reported that it has a task to fullfill and if I still want to close it. This message only disappeared after I restarted the font service.
I also tried several OpenType or TrueType fonts, none of them caused such problems.
So, this should cover all effects I experienced.
Best regards, Klaus
Yesterday I installed MainType on 4 PCs with the mentioned configuration and have unpredictable results on all machines when I try to load, install or uninstall Type1 fonts (I tried several of them). Sometimes the fonts fail to load, install or uninstall, other times one of them or all tasks work.
As on the first machines where this happened the users did not have administrators rights, I assumed the security settings are the reason for this behaviour and granted access to the systems font folder, to fontcache and to the corresponding registry settings. But when I tried this on an other machine where the user has full access to everything, the same effects showed.
I also tried to install (and remove) some of the fonts manually to the font folder, after I did this the fonts could be installed, loaded and unloaded, but half an hour later, the font failed to load or uninstall again.
Whenever Maintype had such problem and I wanted to close it, it reported that it has a task to fullfill and if I still want to close it. This message only disappeared after I restarted the font service.
I also tried several OpenType or TrueType fonts, none of them caused such problems.
So, this should cover all effects I experienced.
Best regards, Klaus