Many Macintosh users have recently experienced problems while using the font “Helvetica”. Characters or even words would overlap if certain styles such as bold or shadow were used.
In some cases, installing the font from the original disk would solve this problem.
The font “Helvetica” is part of Macintosh System Software, and is shipped in a number of different point sizes. Printer and software manufacturers sometimes include this font in their products, often in other sizes.
Unfortunately users have received versions of the “Helvetica” font on original Macintosh System disks, that are incomplete or damaged, causing the previously described problems.
You will probably not be able to tell whether your version of “Helvetica” is damaged, nor is it possible to specify which disks contain incomplete or damaged versions of the font.
This program will search for “Helvetica” in your system and will examine the font data. If it is incomplete or damaged, you will be notified in the space below.
If necessary, this program will attempt to repair damages to the font.
Our application RagTime 3 stores information about all the fonts used in the document. This is done so that text does not reflow when a document is opened on a computer on which the fonts used in the document are not installed.
But there is a drawback: If a RagTime 3 document has been created with damaged fonts, the (incorrect) spacing information of these fonts will still be used after fixing the fonts in your system.
You can delete all the font information stored in a RagTime 3 document or form by holding down the Shift, Option, and Command keys while opening the document.
