windows 10 and quarkxpress 8 font issues

#Windows 10 and quarkxpress 8 font issues pro#
#Windows 10 and quarkxpress 8 font issues trial#

latest version of Word simply lists about 25 odd instances of the 51 styles included in Helvetical Neue (OpenType PS version of Adobe FontFolio 11-1) and lets them all to be made bold, italic and bold italic without any consideration on whether there is an actual font that matches the styling attribute (this is called allowing system-generated 'faux formatting'). So applications need to do this kind of categorisation to some extent themselves. The older fonts typically had only a minimum of font information included in meta data in order to get them listed in apps as groups of families that allow standard styling options with Regular, Italic, Bold, and BoldItalc attributes be applied to them, and no consideration on more advanced UI grouping based on common family name and sub species that allow the kind of over 50 styles listed in a group, as in Helvetica Neue. menu name, but at the level of FullName or PostScript name). I am not sure what causes the confusion in this particular case but it could be related to having Type 1 or older TrueType fonts installed on the system along with OpenType fonts, and both using same or similar names at some level (not necessarily at the level of styling group aka. Just highlight the files, right-click, and select Install. Re-install the Helvetica Neue LT Std fonts. Installing a bunch of broken fonts is a sure fire way to cause problems.Ħ. These tools exist because font caches get messed-up. It will clear QuarkExpress, Microsoft, and Adobe application font caches.

#Windows 10 and quarkxpress 8 font issues pro#

There are many easy to find tutorials on this, and even a batch file available to automate it.įontExplorer X Pro has tools to clear the operating system font cache, and application font caches. Delete the Windows font cache files (multiple)

#Windows 10 and quarkxpress 8 font issues trial#

The FontExpert 30-day trial is fully functioning including this utility.Ĥ. I prefer this as it seems to work better. MainType has a Registry Fixer tool for this purpose.įontExpert has a Detect Font Problems tool for this purpose. Run a tool to correct Windows registry errors regarding fonts. This tool exists because having un-installed font files in the fonts folder can cause problems.ģ.

It checks Windows to see if the font is installed, and if not it moves the font files out. Check the fonts folder to be sure all Helvetica font files are gone.įontExplorer X Pro has a tool which removes all un-installed fonts from the fonts folder. I have a couple thousand fonts installed, including all of the Helvetica Neue LT Std family,Ģ. InDesign is better at dealing with bad fonts, but it is not immune from the issues.