Fonts folder is screwed up, how do I restore?

zenatekzenatek
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in Genius Bar edited January 2014
I recently switched to a new iMac and I copied the fonts folder and somewhere along the way they got screwed up. The biggest example of this is the dictionary widget displays incorrectly with wierd fonts.



Is there anything I can do to fix this or restore the orginal folders.

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  • Reply 1 of 2
    xoolxool Posts: 2,460member
    Use the Application Font Book to validate all your fonts. Most likely one or more is corrupt.



    This happened to me a while back and I found a second, corrupt copy of a font. Some apps used the good one and some used the bad. But removing the corrupted font fixed the display issue.



    I swear there's another Genius Bar thread about practically this same issue.
  • Reply 2 of 2
    dmzdmz Posts: 5,775member
    Nuke the site from orbit!



    ...if possible, obtain a firewire drive and install a clean system on it -- an iPod will do.



    When you're done, corral the folders:



    System -->Library -->Fonts



    Library -->Fonts





    ...and 'create archive' on both those folders, then put them in a safe place.



    reboot to the frelled system, mount your external drive, then bring those folders in and replace the respective folders.



    That should do it. Maybe repair permissions afterwards.
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