MacBook – Helvetica font rendering issue on MacBook Leopard

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So I have just re-installed Leopard on my MacBook and recovered from my Time Machine only to find I have font rendering issues with the Helvetica font:

This happens in browser or in apps like Mail. Can anybody offer a solution?

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You may have a problem with your font caches. Download a copy of the free Onyx for Leopard, and execute a maintenance/cleaning task for Fonts:

Onyx

It is recommended that you restart your computer after that. Take the time to see the other maintenance/cleaning options around. It's good to use Onyx every now and then to start from scratch. I use Cocktail which is essentially the same (but paid). I use it probably 4 times a year, but it helps keeping things clean.

Mac OS X doesn't really need these utilities to work, because it does have its own cleaning scripts and jobs, but after so many years of OS X experience, I've noted that some things can escape (or get corrupted) and these small utilities (either one) will save you some time.

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Try to clear and rebuild your font cache with the following:

sudo atsutil databases -remove
sudo atsutil server -shutdown
sudo atsutil server -ping

The above is "my standard answer" to font problems.

After your reply, I tried to download the font too. Installed it and in the Terminal.app got the same result as you. So +1 to the question - I'm interested too.

So,

removed the otf version (does not work)
I downloaded the ttf version from the Google Fonts Directory
removed my cache as above
installed the ttf version
and works.

after it, for the test:

removed the ttf version
cleaned the cache
installed the otf version
does not work

so again for ttf - and have a working version in my Terminal.app

Haven't any idea why the otf version does not work. ;(

Can you help me cure font outlines (as opposed to the font itself) showing up in webpages

You need to empty your font cache and restart--and there are a variety of utilities, some free, that will do this for you.

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