Disappearing fonts...

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?

      • PJ said:
        So it doesn't work for you either. And you said you had the issue right from the get go with 10.

        ...and 11 that's why I was so happy when Draw 12 came out and worked. It was probably the first thing I checked when I got my copy of 12.

         

        PJ said:
        What would cause this font (and others in the set) to not work only in Corel apps? What's different about it and/or how CorelDRAW sees it?

        Ever thought about upgrading? Some great new features in the newer versions. Plus you can use macros too.

        I really think it's a CorelDraw issue but maybe someone can examine the font comparatively in FontLab and see what might be causing it.

         

        PJ said:
        Why would it work for so many years and then stop?

        Yea. I'd really like to know why it worked for you, at least once, and not me way back when. Lotsa disappointment...

         

        ~John

        • I didn't get it to work in 11 but fine with X4:

          • So I take it then, if there's no problem with v12, Corel was aware of the problem and fixed it. In all my mad Googling, I haven't been able to find much on this issue.

            If it worked once, I'm determined that I can get it working again. I'm stubborn that way. If it was just the one font, it wouldn't be a biggie. But it's several, and a lot are my faves.

            • I'm having this problem with 12 with Windows 7 Professional ......have not had a chance to try any of the suggestions --- has there been any information/ideas since 27 Sept

              • Networks said:
                I'm having this problem with 12 with Windows 7 Professional

                The font navigator that came with version 12 will not work in Win 7. Corel had to revise font navigator for X5 because it would not have worked in win7.

                But Bitstream no longer sells font navigator and as far as I'm aware, you can't get an update to fontnav anywhere else, except by buying X5.