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johannab - Apr 15, 2005 - 3:15 am
my desktop/default system font keeps changing to something else, despite my best efforts. recently my hard drive got nuked and i had to do a total reinstall, and my desktop font was fine to begin with but as i began installing programs somewhere along the lines it changed. it seems to have done so after installing adium x or the font "silkscreen" but i'm not postive. i've used tinkertool to reset all the settings and i can get the font to change back to the inital default [lucida or helvetica, whatever it is], but after a while it keeps changing to this other font [not sure which one it is]. any idea what to do?
Cheryl - Apr 15, 2005 - 9:11 am
J.,
My name is Cheryl and I will be assisting you. It could be that you have installed a font in the System Font folder rather than the Library Font folder.
Go to the System folder (with a X on the folder icon)>Library>Fonts.
Now go to the View menu and select by list, putting everything in alpha order.
Check for the silkscreen font, and if it is there, move it to your desktop. You can place it in the correct font folder by opening Library (the file sitting on your hard drive by it self) and place it in the Font folder.
Do you have the latest version of Adium X?
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My name is Cheryl and I will be assisting you. It could be that you have installed a font in the System Font folder rather than the Library Font folder.
Go to the System folder (with a X on the folder icon)>Library>Fonts.
Now go to the View menu and select by list, putting everything in alpha order.
Check for the silkscreen font, and if it is there, move it to your desktop. You can place it in the correct font folder by opening Library (the file sitting on your hard drive by it self) and place it in the Font folder.
Do you have the latest version of Adium X?
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Cheryl
johannab - Apr 15, 2005 - 5:38 pm
No it's not in the system folder. It's in /Users/me/Library/Fonts. So I can't figure out why this is happening. And yeah, latest version of adium x. 0.77.
j.
j.
Cheryl - Apr 15, 2005 - 5:50 pm
J.,
Locate your OS X CD Disk 1 and start up the computer with it. (insert the CD, restart the computer, immediately hold down the C key).
When the Installer Screen shows up, release the key and do not click on the installer screen. Instead, go to the Installer Menu and select Disk Utility.
When that opens, click on the second icon at the far left, and then click on the Repair Disk button at the bottom far right.
Watch the activity screen. If it shows that it has done some repairs (which is good), click on Repair Disk again. You want to see Appears Okay without any reference to repairs. This will ensure that all the repairs have been done.
When done, quit Disk Utility, restart the computer and give it a test run.
Let me know if this corrects the problem.
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Cheryl
Locate your OS X CD Disk 1 and start up the computer with it. (insert the CD, restart the computer, immediately hold down the C key).
When the Installer Screen shows up, release the key and do not click on the installer screen. Instead, go to the Installer Menu and select Disk Utility.
When that opens, click on the second icon at the far left, and then click on the Repair Disk button at the bottom far right.
Watch the activity screen. If it shows that it has done some repairs (which is good), click on Repair Disk again. You want to see Appears Okay without any reference to repairs. This will ensure that all the repairs have been done.
When done, quit Disk Utility, restart the computer and give it a test run.
Let me know if this corrects the problem.
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Cheryl
johannab - Apr 19, 2005 - 1:20 am
No luck. I tried repairing the disk and the permissions. The desktop/default font remains incorrect. Like I said the only way I can get it to go back is using tinkertool to reset all the settings, but still the changes don't "stick".
j.
j.
Cheryl - Apr 19, 2005 - 8:12 am
J.,
What font is Adium using? Check the preferences and change the font to the one you would like as the desktop font. See if that corrects the issue.
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Cheryl
What font is Adium using? Check the preferences and change the font to the one you would like as the desktop font. See if that corrects the issue.
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Cheryl
johannab - Apr 19, 2005 - 7:33 pm
adium is using a few fonts. lucida grande for messages, helvetica for screen names, and silkscreen for the buddylist [this font i set myself]. however, the one on the desktop and the default font [what shows up when i type in firefox for instance] does not appear to be any of these. and isn't the default for os x lucida or helvetica? i can send you a screen shot of the font showing up on my desktop if that helps.
Cheryl - Apr 19, 2005 - 7:49 pm
J.,
I have one more idea. Open Font Book (from Applications folder) and see if you can match the font that is appearing. Font Book shows a sample of the font at the right side of the window. Click on All Fonts at the far left to get a list of all the fonts that is installed on your computer.
When you find the culprit, click on the disable button. Once done, quit Font Book. You may need to restart the computer - but the default font should show up correctly.
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Cheryl
I have one more idea. Open Font Book (from Applications folder) and see if you can match the font that is appearing. Font Book shows a sample of the font at the right side of the window. Click on All Fonts at the far left to get a list of all the fonts that is installed on your computer.
When you find the culprit, click on the disable button. Once done, quit Font Book. You may need to restart the computer - but the default font should show up correctly.
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Cheryl
johannab - Apr 19, 2005 - 8:53 pm
hmm it looks like it -is- lucide grande. what is the standard font for the desktop for panther then?
Cheryl - Apr 19, 2005 - 10:20 pm
J.,
Exactly what is changed with the settings of the font? (something I should have asked you first.) Is it the size or does it look fuzzy or jagged?
From Apple's web site:
You don't normally need to worry about turning off or removing any font that came with Mac OS X 10.3. In fact, Geneva.dfont, Keyboard.dfont, LastResort.dfont, and Lucida Grande.dfont—required by the system—cannot be disabled with Font Book. Other fonts that can be disabled may be required by specific applications. For example, Terminal needs Monaco, and Address Book requires Helvetica to work correctly.
Check the View Menu>Show View Options. Icon size and text font size are selected there.
In System Preferences> Appearance... at the very bottom is Font smoothing. Set that for your monitor size.
Just below that is Turn off text for fonts smaller than: set that to 10 or smaller.
Now how is your desktop font?
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Cheryl
Exactly what is changed with the settings of the font? (something I should have asked you first.) Is it the size or does it look fuzzy or jagged?
From Apple's web site:
You don't normally need to worry about turning off or removing any font that came with Mac OS X 10.3. In fact, Geneva.dfont, Keyboard.dfont, LastResort.dfont, and Lucida Grande.dfont—required by the system—cannot be disabled with Font Book. Other fonts that can be disabled may be required by specific applications. For example, Terminal needs Monaco, and Address Book requires Helvetica to work correctly.
Check the View Menu>Show View Options. Icon size and text font size are selected there.
In System Preferences> Appearance... at the very bottom is Font smoothing. Set that for your monitor size.
Just below that is Turn off text for fonts smaller than: set that to 10 or smaller.
Now how is your desktop font?
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Let me know if you need further assistance and thank you for using MacOSX.com !
Cheryl
johannab - Apr 20, 2005 - 3:03 am
It's not that the font is the wrong size or the smoothing is off. It's that it's a different font than what is on the desktop/default areas/folders etc, then when you first load OS X. Essentially I think it's using Lucida Grande. But what is the deaful font? Helvetica? Changing the smoothing and size doesn't do anything to the actual type face for me.
Cheryl - Apr 20, 2005 - 7:24 am
J.,
Do you have a third party font manager installed?
I did find another suggestion. Download Font Finagler at:
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/14470
See if that will clear up the problem.
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Let me know if you need further assistance and thank you for using MacOSX.com !
Cheryl
Do you have a third party font manager installed?
I did find another suggestion. Download Font Finagler at:
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/14470
See if that will clear up the problem.
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Let me know if you need further assistance and thank you for using MacOSX.com !
Cheryl
johannab - Apr 20, 2005 - 11:10 pm
No third party font manager installed. What is the default font face normally?
Cheryl - Apr 20, 2005 - 11:41 pm
J.,
I have been searching for that answer since I have been helping you and by luck I found it today.
LucidaGrande.dfont is the display font.
And I also found out that you can use the program Silk to change it.
You can find out more information at:
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/7988
ShapeShifter is another program, but that entails a bit more involvement.
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/13335
It could very well be that your LucidaGrande font is corrupt or damaged somewhere. If you would like, I can send you via email a fresh copy of that font package and instructions on how to replace it.
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Let me know if you need further assistance and thank you for using MacOSX.com !
Cheryl
I have been searching for that answer since I have been helping you and by luck I found it today.
LucidaGrande.dfont is the display font.
And I also found out that you can use the program Silk to change it.
You can find out more information at:
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/7988
ShapeShifter is another program, but that entails a bit more involvement.
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/13335
It could very well be that your LucidaGrande font is corrupt or damaged somewhere. If you would like, I can send you via email a fresh copy of that font package and instructions on how to replace it.
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Let me know if you need further assistance and thank you for using MacOSX.com !
Cheryl
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