How many fonts do you have installed?
There are 490 font files in the folder. Some are bold and italic versions of the same font… I would guess less than 200 separate fonts.
Fonts in Illustrator and Photoshop are ordered alphabetically by writing script code, and use the PostScript Name. Consequently many fonts will not be where you expect them to be in the listing. For instance ZaphDingbats will be displayed as ITC ZaphDingbats. Additionally many TTFonts have the incorrect writing script as many foundries were using a font creation program with a bug in it. These will be in a 2nd alphabetically ordered listing below the first.
If you open the adobefnt*.LST file(s) (and there can be in excess of 50 of them), you will find those problem fonts have an entry for:
writingscript : easteuropean (or Greek or something other than Roman).
By editing the Adobefnt*.LST file(s) so those entries read writingscript: Roman, they will appear in the correct order and be usable. However, you will also need to set the adobfnt.lst file to read only, or it will revert when Photoshop is next opened. This means that Photoshop/Illustrator won’t see any additions or deletions to/from your active fonts.
The real cure is to get versions of those fonts that do not contain the bug.
Lastly, you can delete all adobefnt*.LST files on your machine – they will be rebuilt as required.
Thanks… I had an italic version of this font installed and it was working fine. When I installed the complete set it prompted me to over-write the previous ones and I did. The italic fonts are still working, so it doesn’t seem like a name problem. They are .pfm files, rather than .ttf, but I have a few of those installed and they all work… I’ll try removing the .LST files, maybe that will help….
They are .pfm files,
This could be your problem. You are aware, I hope, that pfm files are not complete fonts. You also need a matching .pfb font to make them work.
Don
