[X4U] Solved-Missing font in Safari

[Mark Des Cotes]

I figured it out. For some reason Safari was displaying Times  
Phonetic. I deleted that font in Suitcase and all is now well.

Mark Des Cotes
Systems Manager/Graphic Designer

Astro Printing Service (Cornwall) Ltd.
3308 Second Street East
Cornwall Ontario Canada  K6H 6J8
T (613) 932-9281 Ext 106,  F (613) 932-1052
www.astroprinting.com




On 18-Dec-06, at 11:32 AM, Mark Des Cotes wrote:

> I hadn't checked before but I just tried the same page (http:// 
> www.apple.com/startpage/) in Internet Explorer and Netscape and the  
> problem text displays fine. It's only in Safari that the text is  
> all gobly gook.
>
> Mark Des Cotes
> Systems Manager/Graphic Designer
>
> Astro Printing Service (Cornwall) Ltd.
> 3308 Second Street East
> Cornwall Ontario Canada  K6H 6J8
> T (613) 932-9281 Ext 106,  F (613) 932-1052
> www.astroprinting.com
>
>
>
>
> On 18-Dec-06, at 11:05 AM, Jim Elmore wrote:
>
>> From the source code for the page . . .
>>
>> #content p {font-family: 'Times Roman', Times, serif; font-size:  
>> 13px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px;}
>>
>> You could have an odd version of Times installed and the browser  
>> is defaulting to "serif".
>>
>> I wouldn't let Fusion manage my Library and System Fonts. I'd go  
>> with the default system install and not worry about it. I found  
>> that if I try to do what the System is supposed to do, i just get  
>> in trouble at some point. I've tried it and don't like it.
>>
>> Fusion does work great for me, though. Very solid.
>>
>> You also might try a font cache cleaner. AppleJack might be  
>> overkill. Maybe DeepSix. There are others.
>>
>> On Dec 18, 2006, at 7:33 AM, Mark Des Cotes wrote:
>>
>>> After last weeks thread about font management I decided to do a  
>>> little house cleaning. I upgraded to Suitcase Fusion, emptied my  
>>> User and Library Fonts folders and removed everything from my  
>>> System Fonts folder except for; Geneva, Kayboard, LastResort,  
>>> LucidaGrande and Monaco. I've used Suitcase to permanently  
>>> activate; Courier, Helvetica, Symbol, Times and ZapfDingbats. I  
>>> had a bit of problems with Mail defaulting to Helvetica Fractions  
>>> so I deleted that font and all is now well in Mail. However,  
>>> Safari still has some strange font problems. My home page is  
>>> "http://www.apple.com/startpage/" The header and both sides of  
>>> the window look fine, but the centre "Top Stories" section  
>>> displays weird. The dates and titles are fine but the  
>>> descriptions look like they're written in some foreign language.  
>>> Does anyone know what font I need installed for that section to  
>>> display correctly. BTW, the problem isn't just on Apples site  
>>> it's just the easiest site to point you to.
>>>
>>> Mark Des Cotes
>>> Systems Manager/Graphic Designer
>>>
>>> Astro Printing Service (Cornwall) Ltd.
>>> 3308 Second Street East
>>> Cornwall Ontario Canada  K6H 6J8
>>> T (613) 932-9281 Ext 106,  F (613) 932-1052
>>> www.astroprinting.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
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