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December 3, 2008
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Dreamweaver CS4 makes my fonts go mental?

  • December 3, 2008
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I am using a G5 Mac running OSX 10.4.11
I use Extensis Suitcase X1 to managae my fonts
When I open Dreamweaver CS4 it fills my screen with error messages saying my fonts are failing????
HELP!

(Every other CS4 programe runs perfect except Dreamweaver! :-( which is not good)
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Correct answer tplmedia
I don't have much more advice to offer, sorry - aside from deleting your
Suitcase preferences and/or re-installing Suitcase and re-importing your
fonts (letting it check again for corrupt fonts while importing).

I know the fact that it only seems to occur in DW implies it's a DW
problem, but it's not necessarily the case. But might be worth doing the
same for DW (delete preferences, re-install).

Or, you could save some effort and set up a new user account on the
computer and see if the problem happens there too. If so, it's likely a
Preferences problem in either DW or Suitcase on the other user account.

tplmedia wrote:
> Thanks for that but unfortunately that did not resolve the problem :-(
> This forum is my teams last hope of finding a solution...

Thanks! - "set up a new user account on the computer and see if the problem happens there too"

I did just that and the errors did not happen.
So here is how I resolved the problem:
In Extensis Suitcase X1 I trimed my Fonts Sets to just one folder in the "Sets Pane"
I then activated this one folder
I then went to the "Font List Filter" (the drop-down menu below the "Sets Pane") and set it to "Suitcase Fonts"
In the "Fonts Pane" I deleted every font that was NOT active (there was quite a few to delete).
I then restarted my Mac

All done! I didn't realise I had accumulated so much junk fonts over the last two years! And here I was thinking I was keeping on top of my fonts.


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December 3, 2008
What are the error messages?

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"tplmedia" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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>I am using a G5 Mac running OSX 10.4.11
> I use Extensis Suitcase X1 to managae my fonts
> When I open Dreamweaver CS4 it fills my screen with error messages saying
> my
> fonts are failing????
> HELP!
>
> (Every other CS4 programe runs perfect except Dreamweaver! :-( which is
> not
> good)
>

tplmediaAuthor
Participant
December 4, 2008
Error message goes like this...

"From Suitcase™:

There was a conflict when attempting to activate the font ITC Berkeley Oldstyle Std Italic in the suitcase BerkeleyStd-Italic.otf for this document. Please close the document and resolve the conflict in the Suitcase application."

After I shut down Dreamweaver error messages still pop up for every font I have activated, very annoying, I use Indesign the most so using suitcase to quickly activate fonts when needed is crucial. I basically have to restart my Mac every time after starting Dreamweaver.
tplmediaAuthorCorrect answer
Participant
December 8, 2008
I don't have much more advice to offer, sorry - aside from deleting your
Suitcase preferences and/or re-installing Suitcase and re-importing your
fonts (letting it check again for corrupt fonts while importing).

I know the fact that it only seems to occur in DW implies it's a DW
problem, but it's not necessarily the case. But might be worth doing the
same for DW (delete preferences, re-install).

Or, you could save some effort and set up a new user account on the
computer and see if the problem happens there too. If so, it's likely a
Preferences problem in either DW or Suitcase on the other user account.

tplmedia wrote:
> Thanks for that but unfortunately that did not resolve the problem :-(
> This forum is my teams last hope of finding a solution...

Thanks! - "set up a new user account on the computer and see if the problem happens there too"

I did just that and the errors did not happen.
So here is how I resolved the problem:
In Extensis Suitcase X1 I trimed my Fonts Sets to just one folder in the "Sets Pane"
I then activated this one folder
I then went to the "Font List Filter" (the drop-down menu below the "Sets Pane") and set it to "Suitcase Fonts"
In the "Fonts Pane" I deleted every font that was NOT active (there was quite a few to delete).
I then restarted my Mac

All done! I didn't realise I had accumulated so much junk fonts over the last two years! And here I was thinking I was keeping on top of my fonts.