I got calls from 3 of the DRAW users that some of the fonts are not displaying correctly since they have updated their Windows today. I have not yet connected my laptop to internet. Shall check it and try to identify the culprit update. Any light on this is appreciated.
Few fonts known for not displaying correctly since today
Diavlo_MEDIUM_II_37.otf and its family with light, black etc.Myriaid PRO
I can confirm this font issue also on both 32 bit and 64 bit CorelDRAW X6 versions. I have a screenshot of all Windows Updates that were supposed to be completed on my machines. KB2753842 is in the list...haven't tried to install the rest of the updates but now I will and omit the others.
Glad others are reporting on this issue. Running System Restore will get your machine back to normal as long as you have it running and enough restore points to choose from.
My culprit font was the Birch Standard Open Type font...literally disappeared from my files, that means not visible in outline mode - kapoof! Gone...Also, when typing out a new sentence in that font it would display briefly until I clicked off of it and then it would disappear also.
I have now completed all the rest of the updates in this list and verified both 32bit and 64bit CorelDRAW versions and indeed it is KB2753842 since that was the only update I did not install on either machine.
How do I remove this update?
The only way I know for sure works, because I did this myself, is to use Windows Restore and roll back to the last restore point before the update. If you have System Restore turned off, then you may wish to try Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features > Installed Updates and then highlight the installed update and then uninstall it. I would have personally tried that method first but I chose the easy way out and did a System Restore. If I were you, I'd look in the list of updates and uninstall just that one first and that way if it works then you don't have to reinstall all Windows updates again, unchecking the problematic KB2753842 update.
Also, go to your Control Panel > All Control Panel Items > WIndows Update settings and select Change Settings from the sidebar. From there look for Important Updates and make sure you select Check for updates but let me choose when to install them or just shut them off (Never check for updates) until this gets worked out. It will be up to you to keep checking here until a solution is offered that works and then you can turn them back on.
Hello guys!
We take this issue very seriously here at Corel. I looked into it and found out that is is indeed a Microsoft problem : not ours. Other application have similar problems, not just CorelDRAW.
The problem is with a windows API called GetGlyphOutline(). (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd144891(v=vs.85).aspx). For certain fonts like those mentionned here, it fails to return us the memory size we need to extract a character's glyph's curves.
That means that any application trying to convert character to curves will fail. CorelDRAW requires that to display text object in enhanced view mode. Other view modes might still work. Convert to curve will also fail and the bounding box calculation of artistic text object will not work as well.
We will notify Microsoft about this.
Microsoft have released a new version of MS12-078 KB2753842 - 20th Dec 2012
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/security/bulletin/MS12-078
Edit:
I've just installed the new update and everything appears to be OK.
The new update's working here too. Win7 64.
Thanks to the Corel folks for helping to resolve this.