This is not a universal solution. We have the font issues, but there are
no fonts in the user's font folders.
on 12/7/05 9:42 AM, Jason Tallman wrote:
>We were running 10.4.3 Server and Client with the same problems. The
>solution was to erase the contents of every users font folder with a
>simple looping script and then change ownership so they or any program
>couldn't install fonts into there personal font folder. Now this won't
>work if your clients need to be able to manage there own fonts, but in
>our situation it is working very well.
>
>Jason
>
>On 12/7/05, Brad Schonhorst <email@hidden> wrote:
>> >It seems like the client that gives me the most trouble is the Tiger
>> >client; I haven't heard reports of issues from the Panth clients.
>> >It's worth noting that users will use their same home login on Panth
>> >and Tiger clients, so I wonder if the OS disparity confuses the font
>> >cache after a login on one platform and then a subsequent login on
>> >another.
>>
>> We have all 10.4.2 clients/servers so I think it is definitely a
>> Tiger issue. I can clean it up temporarily by deleting the contents
>> of a users Library/Fonts, Library/FontCollections and most
>> importantly the Library/Preferences/ByHost folder. It seems a user
>> experiencing the issue can log into another computer and not have the
>> font trouble. Also, a different user can log into a machine giving
>> someone else font problems and not have any issues.
>>
>> We often see broken fonts in Microsoft Office X, Safari, and a few
>> cases where it only effects FireFox...
>>
>> I find this particularly frustrating because we are not doing
>> anything with the Font Book or any special fonts, just regular day to
>> day usage is giving us trouble.
>>
>>
>> -brad
>>
>> -------------------------------------
>> Brad Schonhorst
>> Network Administrator
>> Village Community School
>>
>>
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