Panther & PS fonts BAH

[kawasakioutlaw]

I just found out that Panther does not recognize Postscript fonts.
Apple's reply to my inquiry was "Check with your font manufacturer"
What BS!! $109.00 lost. Next I contact Extensis about Suitcase X1.
Extensis does not currently support Suitcase in OS X. $49.95 down the
drain. I guess Jaguar supports PS fonts , Apple says to get back to Jaguar
you must reformat and reinstall everything. As our conmpanies IT person
I think this sucks. If you are a designer I advise ..go no further than Jaguar
until the jerks get it right.

 

[eric halfabee]

Are you sure?

Well thats news to me, sorry to say, but I'm having no probs with PS fonts in Panther (so far so good).

Here's a few screnshots of one font - Nova Maori - used in InDesign in Panther and another of my font folder.

Its also Extensis's problem not Panther(Apple's) that Suitcase is not supported yet.

Cheers

Eric

 

[ElDiabloConCaca]

Huh? I've got a library full of PostScript Type 1 fonts, and FontBook handles/activates/deactivates them all just fine (but the program itself is DOG slow).

 

[mindbend]

Um, sorry about your frustrating experience, but OS X supports PS natively across all versions. In fact, OS X supports more font formats than any OS. I have never had any issues.

Also, Suitcase X11 (now with a recent Panther-friendly update) runs great for me, though many others have had trouble (prior to the update. Presumably the update fixes the Panther people). My empirical evidence indicates that Suitcase X11 cooperates after a full hard drive wipe and install of Panther. I did that for four machines and never had an issue. (And, yes, I would agree that nobody should have to do a full wipe for one app, again, hopefully the update fixes that). Many others have had tons of trouble with X11.

Anyone running X11 in Panther after the X11 update?

 

[pasi46]

This is not true at all—I work with designers and must use PS fonts every day. I use Fontreserve with InDesign CS and Illustrator 10.
If you must use Quark 4, use Fontagent to activate fonts in Classic, it works.
I have also tested Suitcase 11 with Panther—works fine.

Cheers,
Peter Pasivirta

I just found out that Panther does not recognize Postscript fonts.
Apple's reply to my inquiry was "Check with your font manufacturer"
What BS!! $109.00 lost. Next I contact Extensis about Suitcase X1.
Extensis does not currently support Suitcase in OS X. $49.95 down the
drain. I guess Jaguar supports PS fonts , Apple says to get back to Jaguar
you must reformat and reinstall everything. As our conmpanies IT person
I think this sucks. If you are a designer I advise ..go no further than Jaguar
until the jerks get it right.

 

[ElDiabloConCaca]

Suitcase just released an update to Suitcase X1 that makes it fully Panther compliant. I am using it right not and it works like a charm!

 

[XtianHoff]

Apple steered you right, it must be your font manufacturer. My PS fonts work nicely...