I've been having a font problem on my office computer with CorelDraw that has made it nearly impossible to use CorelDraw. I started having this problem with CorelDraw 2020, when CorelDraw 2021 came out I upgraded thinking that would fix it, it hasn't. I run Windows 10 Pro 64bit 20H2 fully updated. I have tried every single suggestion I could find online and nothing works at all. I tried the sfc, I tried uninstalling and reinstalling fonts. I fully uninstalled CorelDraw and the removed all registry, hidden files, databases, etc. Started Corel Font Manager holding down F8, Uninstalled and reinstalled nearly everything including all of the Microsoft C++, etc, etc, etc. I do NOT have any issues in an other software such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, MS Word, Inkscape, etc. This is ONLY happening in CorelDraw and in 2 versions of CorelDraw. CorelDraw was fully, painstakingly and meticulously uninstalled 100%. As I mentioned, Windows is fully up to date and passed sfc and I tried the dsim too.
So here's the problem: CorelDraw seems to think that all the fonts are Arial or Times. There are 1,300 fonts and a few of them work properly but a majority only work as Arial mostly and some as Times. Below are 4 screen shots and I am showing 4 fonts: Birds of Paradise, High School USA Sans, Back to the Future and Waltograph. As you can see in the screenshots they all display as Arial font. If I open art that I have done on another computer with the proper font and open on this computer, it will change them to Arial!! I have deleted CorelDraw's font database, rebuilt in Corel Font Manager. I tried every suggestion for the Microsoft's "Creator Update". I have tried everything possible. The only thing that works is to just not use CorelDraw. I'm not so great with Illustrator though. I really hope that someone can help me fix this problem, this has been many months.
Thank you!
Jim
Hi Jim,
When you open Corel Font Manager, are the fonts in your collection that appear incorrectly as Arial installed or not installed? If they're not installed, what happens when you install them? Any difference or is it the same? Perhaps try installing the folder where all fonts are kept. It might take a bit of time given you have 1300 fonts.
I deleted all fonts and installed all the original Windows 10 fonts and started from scratch. I fully deleted CorelDraw 2021 and all registry entries, folders, etc. I then reinstalled everything and then copied (verified and not corrupt) fonts to the computer. Still the same problem. But I did notice one thing: If the font is available in Italics and you click Italics, then the proper font will show as Italics. But ALL normal fonts only show as either Arial or Times only. I really don't know what to do but need this fixed. The office computer is pretty new, but I'm looking for a replacement. Again, this is ONLY happening in CorelDraw, everything else shows all the proper fonts. And the problem is in both CorelDraw 2020 and CorelDraw 2021. I'm starting to think CorelDraw is having an issue with the computer it's self.
Hello,I'd try another font manager. CFM has always caused issues. No matter the version.Personally, I use Proxima Font Expert. It's a bit complex but once you get the hang of it, it's so much better.There are other more or less professional programs and even free ones.Nexus Font seems really good and free.