From what I've read, there appear to be problems with the Helvetica and Helvetica Neue fonts. 10.6.8 added Helvetica Light. There are also MM versions in there and that shouldn't be.

The Helvetica conflicts seem to be a constant problem, judging by the hostile comments I've read. Too bad. Apple used to be known for superior font handling.

I had trouble deleting Helvetica Heue. Must have been recreated because Font Book kept showing duplicates. How can I be sure that Font Book always disables the right font? I can't. And I never know which version to pick, the .dfont or .ttc font, an older numbered version or a newer one. See Kurt Lang's page. There's a Protected Fonts folder I decided not to mess with. I manually removed Helvetica Neue last night but I'm not sure that was a good idea.

I used TinkerTool to change all the system wide fonts, but even a different font displayed jagged.

I have two pics which demonstrate the problem, but FreeImageHosting won't let me upload them.

Last edited by deniro; 10/06/14 02:08 PM.