RE: "Unable to create font" After Effects CS 5 won't launch

for me this problem was related to an illustrator file:

this file was used in the after effects project, and it contained too complex textures

good luck 👍

I have encountered the same problem on OSX 10.7.3 and I searched for Verdana in the FontBook to find that it was only disabled. Try this first; all you may need to do is enable the font family.

I hope this is helpfull and nobody needs to spend 30$ to fix this error.

I have a post about this here: http://www.ericsbowman.com/after-effects/after-effects-warning-unable-to-create-font/

Hi,

had the same problem but solved in a little different way since I have no Administrator privileges. I use Fontexplorer to manage my fonts instead of Fontbook. I've found in it multiple versions of Verdana font . I removed everything but system Verdana, now everything works.

Thanks

Lorenzo

I'm running OSX 10.6.7 and started getting this error after validating my fonts & resolving duplicates in Font Book. Verdana was still installed on my machine (worked in Photoshop & Illustrator), but for some reason After Effects wasn't able to locate it, hence "Unable to create font."

What worked was re-installing Verdana, which caused another duplicate. Oh well, at least it works again.

Worked for me (I ended up adding all the Verdana affiliates as well....bold..italic..etc)

Such a relief, as I had already gone through a reinstall, and several other troubleshooting workarounds...

thanks!!!

jon

The Verdana trick worked for me too. AE’s type engine fails if there isn’t a font at /Library/Fonts/Verdana.ttf —common, simple programming problem. Mahalo for posting all this, guys!

Hi,

I had the same problem. Also after updating AE. But this worked for me:

Activate the verdana font in your system Fontbook (dutch: Lettertypecatalogus).

(Suitcase Fusion 3 turned it off)

Grtz,

Code d'Azur

You can buy Verdana font from Microsoft site for 30$ (aamof from Ascender Corporation). It's not legal to download it from above links (unless this guy have license for sharing this font, and I doubt about that). It is laughing because after you spend 999$ for a software, you have to pay 30$ more for the fonts. Did Adobe have no money for licensing this font?

Hi,

Finally I found the solution, I don't know if it's gonna work for you, but you should give it a try. After hours of troubleshooting, I found that a missing Verdana Fonts (version 1.0 from Microsoft) is causing the problem. Just put Verdana in YourHardDrive/Library/Fonts and AfterEffects CS5 should start normally. It would be cool to have a better dialog box like "Unable to create font - please locate and Install Verdana".

For your convenience, you can download Verdana here : [removed by moderator, since Verdana is not a freely distributable font]

Enjoy