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Weird font in help menu and dashboard...your advice?
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This is probably caused by outdated caches, most likely font-related caches. These can be cleared out with OnyX - after which the system will rebuild them.
Things I've done so far:
1. I've restarted in Safe Mode, then restarted again in normal mode.
2. Installed Onyx and cleared the Font Caches
3. Tried to identify the font in Fontbook, can't identify it.
4. Run Validate fonts in Fontbook, there are some duplicates, although I am unsure as to how to remove the duplicates, as they appear as one font in the list. Resolve Duplicates doesnt seem to do much, unless I'm not doing it properly.
After all of this the weird font is still there.
1. I've restarted in Safe Mode, then restarted again in normal mode.
2. Installed Onyx and cleared the Font Caches
3. Tried to identify the font in Fontbook, can't identify it.
4. Run Validate fonts in Fontbook, there are some duplicates, although I am unsure as to how to remove the duplicates, as they appear as one font in the list. Resolve Duplicates doesnt seem to do much, unless I'm not doing it properly.
After all of this the weird font is still there.
I would try point 7 on the following list:
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/327/327791.html
Maybe we can find which font is causing the problem.
A list of the places where you can find fonts is at point 2.
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/327/327791.html
Maybe we can find which font is causing the problem.
A list of the places where you can find fonts is at point 2.
Ok that looks like a good idea. It's getting late here so I will try it over the weekend. Thanks for your help Misterred and I'll post whether i solve it or not. cheers.
I found out how to fix this problem! I discovered the font is called 'Times Phonetic Alternate', I turned it off in fontbook and it has fixed the problem of the font appearing in dashboard, help menus and on some web pages.