Chrome font problems 1515 Responses

Last post: 8 months, 2 weeks ago | Thread started: Sep 11, 12, 6:13 p.m.

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• CyBrainX

  Is there any way I can stop this from happening?

  

  So far tried customizing fonts in advanced settings without consistent results.

  I'd rather not go back to Safari or Firefox.

  Sep 11, 12, 6:13 p.m. – Permalink

• MrT

  I'm having the same issue. It's related to activating fonts through a 3rd party app (Font Explorer for me). I've had moderate success restarting the browser but it seems to be an issue in progress. Also rather not go back to other browsers as well.

  

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  Dog-earSep 11, 12, 6:21 p.m. – Permalink

• Centigrade

  Got the same thing here a few days back on sites using Georgia. I had to do a full restart to fix it. I was using suitcase at the time.

  

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  Dog-earSep 11, 12, 6:23 p.m. – Permalink

• CyBrainX

  My issue is Helvetica. I tried a non-system version of Helvetica which worked for a little while after restarting Chrome. I even tried resorting to Arial. That's when I started to think about switching back to Safari or Firefox. I mean, how much am I supposed to put up with?

  

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  Dog-earSep 11, 12, 6:24 p.m. – Permalink

• Amicus

  c'mon Google, get your shit together. I'm having to flick back to Safari for any site that has issues.

  

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  Dog-earSep 11, 12, 6:45 p.m. – Permalink

• Al_dizzle

  I had this happen on machines at previous studios I worked for.
  I think it has something to do with 3rd party font managers + font conflicts or corrupted fonts.

  I'm using FontExplorer Pro at home and I keep my stuff pretty tidy (no conflicts no corrupted fonts) and I haven't had those problems.

  

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  Dog-earSep 11, 12, 6:52 p.m. – Permalink

• CyBrainX

  I've been using Font Explorer too.
  Seems like that's the culprit but I'd rather go back to Safari or Firefox than use Fontbook.

  

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  Dog-earSep 11, 12, 8:42 p.m. – Permalink

• d_rek

  Really? I've never had issues with fontexplorer + chrome and I use both on a day-to-day basis.

  

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  Dog-earSep 11, 12, 8:45 p.m. – Permalink

• MrT

  Unfortunately it's not a Font Explorer problem, it's a Chrome one. Related to permissions on font folders and Chrome's decision to use the Last Resort font...

  http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Chrome+usin…

  • IT"S FACKING ANNOYING!– MrT1/2

    That's funny. When I tried to google that it showed me a flash movie of going to qbn for the answer.– CyBrainX2/2

  

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  Dog-earSep 11, 12, 8:45 p.m. – Permalink

• ArmandoEstrada

  Its a webkit/Mac issue happens in Safari too. You're using a 3rd party font manager. Open it, select all fonts, deactivate them. Restart browser. Should work.

  • never had the problem in Safari, but I'm still using Snow Leopard.– Amicus

  

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  Dog-earSep 11, 12, 8:47 p.m. – Permalink

• fourth

  A similar thing happens to me with FontExplorer and Safari, and it started with Lion I believe.

  If you have the font activated in fontexplorer it will show up as squares in the browser. Pretty damn annoying because it will go away once you deactivate the font but then you have to do this dance when you work on a comp with the font, and then in turn go to look at it in the browser. FWP

  

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  Dog-earSep 11, 12, 8:50 p.m. – Permalink

• dbloc

  Chrome doesn't work well with font managers...That's why I quit using it. If they fix this problem I might go back....Might.

  

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  Dog-earSep 11, 12, 9:13 p.m. – Permalink

• hans_glib

  me too - back with safari (and font explorer on snow leopard). fucking google should sort it out

  

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  Dog-earSep 12, 12, 1:50 a.m. – Permalink

• mekk

  Same issue with fontexplorer.
  Solution: Dont double-import PS/OT/TT-Fonts!

  

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  Dog-earSep 12, 12, 1:56 a.m. – Permalink

• hardhat

  It's pretty surprising google has failed to sort this. even if it IS a problem with font managers you'd think it would be in their interest to work a fix

  

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  Dog-earSep 12, 12, 1:59 a.m. – Permalink

• CyBrainX

  Any workaround for this doesn't seem worth it. I might have to audition Safari and FIrefox to find a winner.

  

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  Dog-earSep 12, 12, 7:25 a.m. – Permalink