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September 25, 2018
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Timecode - Instead of numbers only squares appear.

  • September 25, 2018
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Hi, maybe you can help me. My timecode in Premiere does not work. Instead of numbers, only squares appear. I have several versions of Premiere CC installed, but all versions have the same error. I'm using Premiere on a Macbook Pro 2017. What can I do?

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      Correct answer Jcalpayne

      Unfortunately not. Only boxes instead of numbers. I've read that Premiere uses for the timecode Arial.TTF as font. But this font is installed in my system.


      If you have a mac, I went to the Font book and checked Arial Font. On the bottom right it said I had multiple fonts for Ariel and I clicked Automatically resolve and it deleted the duplicates. It fixed the square issue.

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      Bobby Boson
      Bobby Boson
      Inspiring
      January 5, 2022

      I'm having the same problem. Seems like it didn't start happening until I installed Premiere 2022 on my mac. I've tried all the solutions listed here and nothing has worked. Any other ideas?

       

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      Michael Grenadier
      Adobe Expert
      January 6, 2022

      Have you tried opening fontbook (a mac program that's installed by defualt) and selecting all your fonts and going file: validate fonts and seing if there are any issues...

      Bobby Boson
      Bobby Boson
      Inspiring
      January 6, 2022

      I did this and it didn't work. The strange thing is that other text based effects work fine, such as clip name and simple text. I assume they all use the same Arial font, right? Arial and all its variations also work fine in the essential graphics panel. 

       

       

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      salvizslove
      New Participant
      July 6, 2020

      I know this is an old topic but I just ran into the same problem. The way I fixed it was rather simple so I wanted to post it in case someone else needs another option:

       

      -- This worked on my Mac and I haven't used a Windows machine recently enough to know if a similar solution exists --

      • I deleted the ARIAL font files from Font Book (I only moved them to the desktop, in case I needed them later)

           This made it so that adding the TimeCode effect in Premiere didn't display anything except the fields icon

           After adding that .ttf file for ARIAL back into the Font Book the squares came back so I figured it was a corrupt file

      •I was going to download a new .ttf ARIAL file from the internet, but I ended up having the idea to just copy the one from my laptop over to the iMac having the problem. I installed the .ttf file back into the iMac's Font Book and VOILA

       

      I followed the same process for the remaining ARIAL family .ttf files

      I hope this helps someone!

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        Richard M Knight
        Adobe Expert
        September 25, 2018

        Are you talking about the UI timecode display or some sort of burnt-in to the video timecode?

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        TIKWA AtelierAuthor
        Participating Frequently
        September 25, 2018

        Hi, i talk from the timecode you can add in the videos with effects/videoeffects/video/timecode. Thank you.

        Jcalpayne
        JcalpayneCorrect answer
        New Participant
        October 10, 2018

        Unfortunately not. Only boxes instead of numbers. I've read that Premiere uses for the timecode Arial.TTF as font. But this font is installed in my system.


        If you have a mac, I went to the Font book and checked Arial Font. On the bottom right it said I had multiple fonts for Ariel and I clicked Automatically resolve and it deleted the duplicates. It fixed the square issue.

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