Suddenly, none of the apps in the CorelDRAW 10 suite are handling certain fonts properly.They show up on the font list in each app, but do not generate a preview when hovered over. If I change the font of a block of text to one of these fonts, the text disappears and the text box shrinks to an unmanageable size which cannot be resized. If I then change the font back to a working font the text reappears at its original size.Typing a new block of text using any one of these effected fonts, the text cursor appears where I click but doesn't move as I type.I've used these fonts for years with CD10 without a hitch. Even opening previous projects in which I used these fonts without issues, the text blocks are gone, replaced by the tiny blank text boxes I mentioned above (but the text will reappear if I change the font to an uneffected one).I don't think there's anything wrong with the fonts themselves, as they still work in MS Word, Illustrator, and every other non-Corel product (except WordPerfect 8). I have both CD10 service packs installed. This happens on both my WinXP and Win7 pc's.A Google search turned up only one result that sounded very similar to my issue. Applying the service packs worked for him, but I already have them installed.I'm at a complete loss. Does anyone have any ideas...?
Any possibility you have both Truetype and PostScript versions of the fonts installed?
Thanks guys for taking the time to respond...
Harry: Although I have over 400 fonts on my drive, there's never more than 100 actually installed at a time. On my XP machine I use FontNavigator (bundled with CD10) to in/uninstall fonts as I need them. I also tried eliminating all but the Windows core fonts. I only noticed this issue last June when I re-opened a project where I used one of these fonts that was created a year or so before. So my pc's have been rebooted several times since then and it's hard to say what changes I've made before noticing the issue. My Win7 machine is new and this issue started right from a fresh install on it.
David: The fonts in question are TTF and OTF. How do I identify PostScript fonts?
Sorry: I phrased my question badly about Truetype and PostScript. I had an idea that Corel 10 predates OTF.Anyway, the long and the short of it is – as clarified above – you shouldn’t have the same font installed in more than one format.
But to judge from what you say subsequently, this is unlikely to be the problem. If you no longer have the option of automatic font installation it sounds like it’s connected with Bitstream Font Navigator, which is packaged with Corel Draw. This may be a permissions issue or User Access Control in the case of Windows 7. Are you running with Admin rights on your XP machine?
David: I'm not using FontNav on the Win7 machine and have UAC turned off. On the XP machine, I tried playing around with the settings in the "Properties > Compatibility" tab of the coreldrw.exe and running as owner/administrator.
If it were a permissions thing, they would need tweaking in the FontNav program, not Corel Draw. But it may not be worth pursuing that possibility.
Hi.
While the program is old I surely remember this issue and I'm surprised to hear you had it working once.
This is interesting. I'll definitely follow this thread to see if a solution is found.
I do recall using a font program to regenerate a few of the fonts and they worked after I did it. However, I ultimately decided against using Draw 10 for my business due to this and other issues.
~John
Run: Yep, I have several CD projects from over the years where these fonts were used without issue. When I try to open these projects now, the text boxes where these fonts were used are empty and shrunken (see my original post above).