Font Issue:

The Rookie · 12-08-2005, 12:58 AM

I am having this font issue that thus far, no one has been able to solve... The problem is like this:

The font is:

http://www.houseoflime.com/dings/orn...ecorations.htm

steps i take:
I restart my computer.
I install the font on my computer by dragging it into the fonts folder in the windows folder.
I open up Photoshop CS2.
I create a new document:
width: 500
height: 500
resolution 72 px/inch
color mode: RGB 8 bit
background contents: background color

I select the text tool and click on the canvas.
(caps lock off - even with this on it doesnt work)
I select the ornamental font and click on the stage.
I press the letter 'a' on the keyboard and nothing happens; as in the cursor does not respond.
I then click on the background layer to deselect the text layer and the text layers name turns to an 'a' but i still cannot see anything on the canvas.

(the canvas is white and my text is black.)

if i use a different font such as times new roman or something it works but why not this one?

the designer corners font works just fine but not this ornament one and quite a few others.

The ornamentaldecorations font works in fireworks8 and word as well...

please help this is maddening!

Totalbodygym · 12-08-2005, 01:05 AM

take your caps lock off. there is no character assigned to shift+a, but there is one for plain old a. if a isnt working, hold shift and hit a and see if it works.

Kombat Frank · 12-08-2005, 06:22 AM

yeah just like ther are no numbers. always messes up for me

The Rookie · 12-08-2005, 09:30 AM

caps lock is off, none of the letters work... ive tried a bunch of ways to get it to work... no dice! any other thoughts? do i need to change a setting somewhere in PS as to how it handles fonts?

**SLaYeR** · 12-09-2005, 08:41 AM

maybe its just not compatible for some reason

The Rookie · 12-09-2005, 09:02 AM

So i think i may have solved it but i am not sure if this action accomplished that...

Awhile ago i had downloaded a font .psd (a psd that had a bunch of ornamental fonts in it) from http://www.xeler8r.com and opened it. Potentially opening that file screwed things up (maybe i said yes to find replacements or something when ps couldnt find the fonts in the file.) as all i did was re-open that file and say no to replace fonts. Then i closed the file and opened a new one and tried using the font in question and others that hadnt been working, they worked.

could this file & me opening it been why it wasnt working? oh well, works now...

3 hours of my life spent troubleshooting this...

12-08-2005, 12:58 AM	#1 (permalink)
The Rookie Peon - Level 2 Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 28	Font Issue: - 12-08-2005, 12:58 AM I am having this font issue that thus far, no one has been able to solve... The problem is like this: The font is: http://www.houseoflime.com/dings/orn...ecorations.htm steps i take: I restart my computer. I install the font on my computer by dragging it into the fonts folder in the windows folder. I open up Photoshop CS2. I create a new document: width: 500 height: 500 resolution 72 px/inch color mode: RGB 8 bit background contents: background color I select the text tool and click on the canvas. (caps lock off - even with this on it doesnt work) I select the ornamental font and click on the stage. I press the letter 'a' on the keyboard and nothing happens; as in the cursor does not respond. I then click on the background layer to deselect the text layer and the text layers name turns to an 'a' but i still cannot see anything on the canvas. (the canvas is white and my text is black.) if i use a different font such as times new roman or something it works but why not this one? the designer corners font works just fine but not this ornament one and quite a few others. The ornamentaldecorations font works in fireworks8 and word as well... please help this is maddening!

12-08-2005, 01:05 AM	#2 (permalink)
Totalbodygym Graphics Team Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: the Hamptons Posts: 1,155 rs shook on3	take your caps lock off. there is no character assigned to shift+a, but there is one for plain old a. if a isnt working, hold shift and hit a and see if it works. __________________ if my mom mispelt my name on the birth certificate, I'd probably be upset too.

12-08-2005, 06:22 AM	#3 (permalink)
Kombat Frank Vidz Team Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 9,842 Wii Online Code: J3WS-G3T-GASS3D Kombat Frank	yeah just like ther are no numbers. always messes up for me __________________ I EAT SNOT "at least i get buttseckz" <- told ya

12-09-2005, 08:41 AM	#5 (permalink)
SLaYeR Administrator Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Manchester, England Posts: 5,535 I SAS I SLaYeR	maybe its just not compatible for some reason __________________ GT: I SAS I SLaYeR - Let me know you're from GV or i wont accept.....

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12-08-2005, 09:30 AM	#4 (permalink)
The Rookie Peon - Level 2 Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 28	caps lock is off, none of the letters work... ive tried a bunch of ways to get it to work... no dice! any other thoughts? do i need to change a setting somewhere in PS as to how it handles fonts?

12-09-2005, 09:02 AM	#6 (permalink)
The Rookie Peon - Level 2 Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 28	So i think i may have solved it but i am not sure if this action accomplished that... Awhile ago i had downloaded a font .psd (a psd that had a bunch of ornamental fonts in it) from http://www.xeler8r.com and opened it. Potentially opening that file screwed things up (maybe i said yes to find replacements or something when ps couldnt find the fonts in the file.) as all i did was re-open that file and say no to replace fonts. Then i closed the file and opened a new one and tried using the font in question and others that hadnt been working, they worked. could this file & me opening it been why it wasnt working? oh well, works now... 3 hours of my life spent troubleshooting this...

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