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estefanut
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June 4, 2012
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Lucida Grande font not working on CS6

  • June 4, 2012
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Just installed CS6 on macbook pro - Lion 10.7.4 - Lucida Grande font works on CS5 but not on CS6. Can someone help? I have tons of web stuff designed with this font.

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Correct answer Manish-Sharma

Yes, I restarted the machine. No changes. I tested with all other applications (CS5, Office, iWork, Mail...) and the font works everywhere, except CS6.


Try the below mentioned steps and then check:-
1.   Drag the contents of the Library/ Fonts folder to a new folder on the desktop. (If you manually added fonts to the Library/ Application Support/ Adobe/ Fonts folder, also drag those fonts to the new folder.)

2.    At the Finder, choose File > Find.

3 .   Type AdobeFnt.lst, select the system drive, and then press Return.

4.    Delete all AdobeFnt.lst files found (for example, AdobeFnt10.lst).

5.     Restart the computer.

6 .    Restart InDesign. InDesign creates new AdobeFnt.lst files.

      Try to re-create the problem. Then, do one of the following:    
  • If the problem doesn't recur, move one font back to the Library/Fonts folder, and then repeat steps 5-6 until you identify the problematic font.
  • If you have a font management utility, restart it and activate fonts in small groups or individually to identify the problematic font.
  • If the problem recurs, move the contents of the new folder on the desktop back to the Library/Fonts folder.

        

Note: If no adobefnt.lst file is found in the search, make sure that the search criteria are set to 'any' in the Find dialog box.

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StudioLoft
New Participant
February 24, 2013

I was having the same problem and fixed it. It turns out it was my font manager that was doing it. I would check the font on whatever font management applications you have. I simply disabled and reenabled all system fonts and it worked like a charm

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Manish-Sharma
Inspiring
June 4, 2012

Can you elaborate what you mean Lucida Grande font not working?

Does it not show in the Applications?

It shows but doesn't work as expected?

Which application are you working in ?

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estefanutAuthor
Participating Frequently
June 4, 2012

I'm working on Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop CS6.

Until yesterday I was working on the same applications but CS5, with no problems.

When I open design files that use Lucida Grande Regular the files open fine but only the text in Lucida Grande Regular doesn't appear. Everything else is perfect.

When I go into Outline mode (AI) I can see that there's the small "x" sign where the Lucida Grande Regular text should be. The "x" is the same sign that usually marks the center of a shape or the start of a line of text. If I change to any other font, including Lucida Grande Bold it works fine.

I checked on Font Book and the Lucida Grande family seems fine.

I even reopened the same files on CS5 and they still work fine with Lucida Grande Regular.

Any thoughts?

MichaelKazlow
MichaelKazlow
Brainiac
June 5, 2012

Hmm...Strange

Have you restarted the machine after removing the caches?


If restarting the machine didn't do the trick, you can either try to re-install the font from a backup, or you might have to do a system restore (a very last step). In fact, if you have access to another Mac you might be able to get a copy there or if you have a blank hard drive, you might try to install a system on the blank hard drive and copy the font from that machine.

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