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_Paul_Tait_
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November 11, 2008
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Hypatia font crashing Quark

  • November 11, 2008
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I got the Hypatia font (Open Type Postscript) with CS3 and really like it. The problem is, it crashes QuarkXPress (v7) whenever I try to apply a new size/weight/colour to it. All of my other fonts are fine.

I've tried turning all type-related options on and off in Quark, but to no avail. I'm on a Mac 2x3 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon running OS 10.5.5, with 4GB RAM and over 400GB of available hard drive space.

I think there's a conflict between Hypatia and Quark and I just wondered if it had been reported elsewhere, or if there was anything I could try to cure it?

Many thanks for any help.
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    _Paul_Tait_Author
    Participant
    November 13, 2008
    Hi Thomas - Sorry, I should have made it clear in my first post, but it is 7.31 that I'm using.
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    Thomas Phinney
    Inspiring
    November 12, 2008
    Our internal testing does not show any problems with Hypatia Sans in QuarkXPress 7.0 no matter what size/weight/color one uses... until one tries to put it into a style, in which case QXP crashes.

    The problem did not occur in QuarkXPress 7.3.1, nor in QuarkXPress 8.0. So I'd suggest you get the free upgrade to 7.3.1.

    Regards,

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    Susan Sirius
    Participant
    April 6, 2010

    I'm having a problem with Hypatia freezing Quark. It's version 7.5, I'm on a Mac 10.4.11. Tried everything and finally replaced Hypatia with Avenir. Voila! no freezing. But I really like Hypatia and want to use it in the project I'm working on. Have there been any further developments with this thread?

    Ramón G Castañeda
    Ramón G Castañeda
    Inspiring
    November 12, 2008
    >validated Hypatia in Font Book

    Font Book and Font Doctor miss a few bad and problem fonts. Try the demo version of FAP (FontAgent Pro).
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    _Paul_Tait_Author
    Participant
    November 12, 2008
    Hi Thomas

    Thanks for your reply.

    I've remade the same document using Arno Pro as the font and everything is fine - I can resize, change the weights, add colour etc. etc.

    I should also say that I've validated Hypatia in Font Book and everything appears to be OK.
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    Thomas Phinney
    Inspiring
    November 12, 2008
    Nope, hasn't been reported previously. What happens if you use a similarly large typeface, say Arno Pro?

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