Can't I just load a few fonts instead of all the fonts on my system?

Is there any way I can get Fusion Pro to load fonts aside from loading all the fonts I have active on my system at the time? Every time I try to load fonts, Fusion Pro Crashes. I assume this means I probably have a corrupted or duplicate font, but going through all of my fonts to find which is causing the problem would be rather onerous. I really only need to use roughly 5 or 6 fonts for my variable data work, as it's generally addressing or barcoding. Can't I just make a folder with just these fonts and load them or what? Is there a workaround for this sort of thing? Any help offered is appreciated greatly!

 

Here is the crash report I get when attempting to load fonts:

 

Process: FusionPro [14256]

Path: /Applications/Printable/FusionPro/FusionPro

Identifier: com.printable.fusionpro

Version: FusionPro version 6.0.5 (6.0.5)

Code Type: PPC (Translated)

Parent Process: launchd [82]

 

Interval Since Last Report: 540478 sec

Crashes Since Last Report: 7

Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 56551 sec

Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 6

 

Date/Time: 2010-10-26 08:22:17.345 -0400

OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.8 (9L31a)

Report Version: 6

Anonymous UUID: 3938CC1C-9848-4062-8264-C2097BD35B50

 

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)

Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x000000002493e1e8

Crashed Thread: 0

 

Thread 0 Crashed:

0 ??? 0x796c6923 0 + 2037147939

 

Thread 1:

0 ??? 0x800bc266 0 + 2148254310

1 ??? 0x800c3a5c 0 + 2148285020

2 translate 0xb818b6ea CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 202886

3 ??? 0x800ed155 0 + 2148454741

4 ??? 0x800ed012 0 + 2148454418

 

Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):

eax: 0x2493e1e8 ebx: 0x000000ff ecx: 0x22702bd8 edx: 0x0056a998

edi: 0xbfffdee0 esi: 0x14ca38e0 ebp: 0x8080d180 esp: 0xb7fffacc

ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00010206 eip: 0x796c6923 cs: 0x00000017

ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x00000000 gs: 0x00000037

cr2: 0x2493e1e8

 

Binary Images:

0xb8000000 - 0xb81d7fe7 translate ??? (???) /usr/libexec/oah/translate

 

Translated Code Information:

Rosetta Version: 21.03

Args: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Support/LaunchCFMApp /Applications/Printable/FusionPro/FusionPro

Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)

 

Thread 0: Crashed (0xb7fffacc, 0x796c6923)

0x850d82f8: No symbol

0x850a35bc: No symbol

0x850a3784: No symbol

0x850a61d0: No symbol

0x84d4803c: No symbol

0x84d45a0c: No symbol

0x84d42bb0: No symbol

0x849bf998: No symbol

0x849bf440: No symbol

0x84cd9bbc: No symbol

0x84cd61ec: No symbol

0x84cd77c0: No symbol

0x972f8ce4: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/AE.framework/Versions/A/AE : aeDispatchAppleEvent(AEDesc const*, AEDesc*, unsigned long, unsigned char*) + 168

0x972f8bec: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/AE.framework/Versions/A/AE : dispatchEventAndSendReply(AEDesc const*, AEDesc*) + 44

0x972f89f0: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/AE.framework/Versions/A/AE : _aeProcessAppleEvent + 216

0x91af7410: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Versions/A/HIToolbox : _AEProcessAppleEvent + 56

0x84ce3174: No symbol

0x84ce28bc: No symbol

0x84cdfdec: No symbol

0x849bf8c4: No symbol

0x84cdfba4: No symbol

0x849bd81c: No symbol

0x84c58970: No symbol

 

PPC Thread State

srr0: 0x00000000 srr1: 0x00000000 vrsave: 0x00000000

cr: 0********* xer: 0x00000000 lr: 0x850a35bc ctr: 0x93f424f4

r00: 0x22702bd8 r01: 0xbfffdbd0 r02: 0x003ef000 r03: 0x0223b610

r04: 0x044c044d r05: 0x00001020 r06: 0xfffffffd r07: 0xbfffdee0

r08: 0x00000000 r09: 0x0223b610 r10: 0x14c42011 r11: 0xa0065df4

r12: 0x93f424f4 r13: 0x00000000 r14: 0x005eae4c r15: 0x005eae84

r16: 0x00000000 r17: 0x0001052b r18: 0xbfffe940 r19: 0x0056a6e8

r20: 0x00000001 r21: 0x14ca38e0 r22: 0xfffffffd r23: 0xbfffdee0

r24: 0x00000000 r25: 0x000000ff r26: 0x000001fe r27: 0x00008100

r28: 0x2493e1e8 r29: 0x0223b610 r30: 0x0056a998 r31: 0x00000000

How many fonts do you have loaded? We typically only have the 50ish fonts required by the system, the fonts installed by FP, and the specific fonts required by the current job loaded at any given time. If you search this forum for "fonts" you'll find a wide range of problems and solutions. Odds are that one of them will address the specific issue you are having. I know this post regarding font cache cleanup has helped me on a number of occasions.

There is an option in the newer versions of FusionPro, version 5 or later to "Load New". Also, you can use the following information to help clearing your system font cache in the Mac OS X environment.

 

Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)

 

Close all applications, including Suitcase Fusion

Go to /Library/Caches/ and drag the "com.apple.ATS" folder to the Trash. You may need to enter an administrator password.

Restart the computer. You will not be able to empty the Trash until you restart.

 

Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)

 

Close all applications, including Suitcase Fusion

Launch Terminal

Enter the following command at the prompt and press Return: atsutil databases -removeUser

Quit Terminal

 

Mac OS 10.6 Snow Leopard

 

Close all applications.

Go to Applications:Utilities, open up Terminal program.

From Terminal window, run the command in the following sequence:

 

atsutil databases -removeUser

or if you have the permission to run sudo command, try:

sudo atsutil databases -remove

 

Then run the following two commands:

 

atsutil server -shutdown

atsutil server -ping

 

Reload fonts from FusionPro again.

Alex, I am running FP Desktop 7.0 on a Mac and I do not have the Load New option under Load Fonts. I used to have that option I think in 6.0 but since installing 7.0 my only option is to Load All. Is this a bug on the Mac side only?

 

Kerri

This feature is not reliable within the Apple Macintosh platform as a result of some issues within its architecture. At this time, please use the "Load All" option as this will ensure the font information is loaded to FusionPro correctly. We apologize for the inconvenience.