Font Cleaner Mac OS X

Note, however, that the problem may recur as the cache will fill up again over time.

Delete the FNTCACHE.DAT file.

Restart the system.

A new FNTCACHE.DAT file will be created.

Font Cleaner Mac OS X

For Mac OS X: There are several different ways to test and clear the Font Cache under Mac OS X: Use a third-party utility such as Font Finagler or Font Nuke to remove damaged font cache files.

Safe Boot your computer by holding down the Shift key while turning on or restarting your computer.

Note: The following procedure involves modification critical files and should be executed only if you are a Power User of the Unix Terminal application in Mac OS X.

Use the Terminal to delete the Font Cache.

Launch the Terminal (Applications Utilities Terminal).Enter cd LibraryCaches 2.

Enter sudo rm.fcache 3.

Enter sudo rm.FODB 4.

Enter cd LibraryCaches.

Enter sudo rm.fcache 6.

Enter sudo rm.FODB 7.

Enter sudo rm.fcache 9.

Enter sudo rm.FODB 10.

Enter sudo rm fontTablesAnnex 11.

You can also manually browse to the Font Cache folder and delete the cache files.

Note: The following procedure involves modification of critical files and should be executed only if you are a Power User of Mac OS X.

Navigate to Mac HDSystemLibraryCaches 2.

Delete the file com.apple.ATS.System.fcache and com.apple.ATSServer.FODBSystem 3.

Navigate to Mac HDLibraryCachescom.apple.ATS501 4.

Delete the following files: --Classic.fcache --Local.fcache --System.fcache --FondResourceCache 5.

Navigate to Mac HDLibraryPreferences and delete the com.apple.ATS.plist file.

Navigate to Mac HDSystemLibraryCaches and delete the com.apple.ATS.System.fcache file.

Restart the machine.

Background: When fonts begin to display or print inconsistently, the cause may be that the font cache needs to be cleared or cleaned out.

The procedure to do this may vary depending upon the operating system you are running.

The font cache keeps track of the locations of all the fonts installed on the machine.

A corrupted font cache may cause a number of issues related to fonts.

There is no harm deleting these filesthey will be recreated when the machine is restarted.

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