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Unix Executable Font Files in Trash as Recovered Files
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<blockquote data-quote="JohnSawyer" data-source="post: 1339570" data-attributes="member: 228114"><p>I got inspired and decided to look into this a little further. At least in my case, this problem may be happening because my copy of Seoul was damaged.</p><p></p><p>I opened Font Book and looked for Seoul in its listing of all fonts, to see if Seoul was disabled for some reason. Seoul didn't appear in the list of fonts, though all the other fonts at /Library/Fonts did, as well as those at /System/Library/Fonts.</p><p></p><p>Next, I used Font Book to validate the Seoul font file that's on my startup drive at /Library/Fonts (the option is at File/Validate File...). Font Book reported "One serious error was found. Do not use this font." Next to the listing of Seoul in the validation results window, Font Book placed a red dot with a white X in its middle.</p><p></p><p>Next, I tried to open this copy of Seoul at /Library/Fonts, by going back to the Finder and double-clicking on it. Nothing happened. Then I tried to get Font Book to open the file, via its File/Add Fonts... menu option. Again, nothing happened.</p><p></p><p>Then I went to the Finder again, and looked at the size of the Seoul font. It was smaller than any of my other functioning fonts--only 4K. The next smallest font was 16K. This further confirmed that my copy of Seoul might be damaged--it might actually be empty.</p><p></p><p>Next, I looked for any other copies of Seoul on all four of my hard drives, which contain backups of some data recoveries I've done for Mac clients for at least ten years, which include old OS 9 and OS 8 System Folders. There, I found an identical damaged copy of Seoul, which might have been where I got the copy that, years earlier, I probably placed at /Library/Fonts for some reason, not realizing it was damaged. But I also found a copy of Seoul named "Seoul TrueType", and I was able to open that copy in Font Book and view a normal character set. Then I used Font Book to validate the "Seoul TrueType" file, and it reported "One minor problem was found. Proceed with caution." The item in the font file that it complained about, was listed in the validation results window as "'post' table usability". I don't know what that is. One odd thing about this "Seoul TrueType" font, is that it's 7.5 megabytes, which is much larger than most of my other fonts at /Library/Fonts. But since it seems to work OK, I decided to use it.</p><p></p><p>I trashed the apparently damaged copy of Seoul at /Library/Fonts, and replaced it with the "Seoul TrueType" font that Font Book was more or less happy with. In the next few days or weeks, I'll see whether this eliminates the appearance of Seoul at /Trash/Recovered Files.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JohnSawyer, post: 1339570, member: 228114"] I got inspired and decided to look into this a little further. At least in my case, this problem may be happening because my copy of Seoul was damaged. I opened Font Book and looked for Seoul in its listing of all fonts, to see if Seoul was disabled for some reason. Seoul didn't appear in the list of fonts, though all the other fonts at /Library/Fonts did, as well as those at /System/Library/Fonts. Next, I used Font Book to validate the Seoul font file that's on my startup drive at /Library/Fonts (the option is at File/Validate File...). Font Book reported "One serious error was found. Do not use this font." Next to the listing of Seoul in the validation results window, Font Book placed a red dot with a white X in its middle. Next, I tried to open this copy of Seoul at /Library/Fonts, by going back to the Finder and double-clicking on it. Nothing happened. Then I tried to get Font Book to open the file, via its File/Add Fonts... menu option. Again, nothing happened. Then I went to the Finder again, and looked at the size of the Seoul font. It was smaller than any of my other functioning fonts--only 4K. The next smallest font was 16K. This further confirmed that my copy of Seoul might be damaged--it might actually be empty. Next, I looked for any other copies of Seoul on all four of my hard drives, which contain backups of some data recoveries I've done for Mac clients for at least ten years, which include old OS 9 and OS 8 System Folders. There, I found an identical damaged copy of Seoul, which might have been where I got the copy that, years earlier, I probably placed at /Library/Fonts for some reason, not realizing it was damaged. But I also found a copy of Seoul named "Seoul TrueType", and I was able to open that copy in Font Book and view a normal character set. Then I used Font Book to validate the "Seoul TrueType" file, and it reported "One minor problem was found. Proceed with caution." The item in the font file that it complained about, was listed in the validation results window as "'post' table usability". I don't know what that is. One odd thing about this "Seoul TrueType" font, is that it's 7.5 megabytes, which is much larger than most of my other fonts at /Library/Fonts. But since it seems to work OK, I decided to use it. I trashed the apparently damaged copy of Seoul at /Library/Fonts, and replaced it with the "Seoul TrueType" font that Font Book was more or less happy with. In the next few days or weeks, I'll see whether this eliminates the appearance of Seoul at /Trash/Recovered Files. [/QUOTE]
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