Re: Styled fonts (bold, italic) not working right on 10.4.1/Word 2004

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Sol Apache <Sol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Matt
> I have a dumb question: where is Microsoft's fonts cache? Is it the the file
> whose name includes browserfont.cache in my home library cache folder?

It is in ~/Library/Preferences/Microsoft, and is called Office Font
Cache. m.

> On 2/6/05 20:33, in article 1gxj41l.1htf0zz1w4uc8uN%matt@xxxxxxxxxxx, "matt
> neuburg" <matt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > voyager <a@xxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> Matt -
> >>
> >> I tried Tiger Cache Cleaner, restarted, and...it worked! The font was
> >> correctly displayed! I was thrilled.
> >>
> >> Then I turned off the computer, went to bed, got up, fired up my
> >> computer again...and things were just like before.
> >
> > Sounds like a description of my entire life! :)
> >
> >> In both cases (last night and this morning), opening Word causes a
> >> significant time lag (little clock turns into spinning beach ball for a
> >> while). Last night, after all that thinking, it did things right. This
> >> morning, after all that thinking, it did things wrong. Last night I
> >> figured "Okay, it's rebuilding the deleted cache," but what was it
> >> doing this morning?
> >>
> >> Something is rebuilding the bad links. I have reinstalled the 10.4.1
> >> update and that's had no effect. Next I'm going to try reinstalling
> >> Office. It's clear that there's a solution out there somewhere, but
> >> evidently it's not Tiger Cache Cleaner (at least, not completely) - but
> >> I do appreciate your help. Meanwhile, other ideas are still needed.
> >
> > OK, but keep in mind that you want to use Tiger Cache Cleaner *and*
> > delete the Office fonts cache and restart in order to bring everything
> > back to ground zero. Did you do that? Also, use Font Book to make sure
> > you have no font conflicts. m.
> >
> >> In article <1gxhv4q.nnswig1cx7onoN%matt@xxxxxxxxxxx>, matt neuburg
> >> <matt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >>> voyager <a@xxxxx> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Since I upgraded to 10.4.1, Word 2004 loses track of the links between
> >>>> fonts - meaning, if I take Gill Sans and make it bold, I don't get Gill
> >>>> Sans Bold, I get Gill Sans with fake bold, the way things used to work
> >>>> back in the bitmap days. Gill Sans with italic formating gets Gill Sans
> >>>> slanted mechanically, not Gill Sans Italic.
> >>>>
> >>>> I have used Font Finagler several times to dump all caches. I have
> >>>> deleted the Office Font Cache and let it rebuild. I have thrown away
> >>>> all the Adobe FontLst's (I'm using Adobe's Gill Sans - but the problem
> >>>> is not just with Gill Sans; that's just one example)
> >>>
> >>> Others reporting this problem have, I *think*, had success with Tiger
> >>> Cache Cleaner... (Am I remembering correctly?) m.
> >


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