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Font Finagler (formerly Font Cache Cleaner).... If you're having problems on your system with text appearing "garbled" as in the image to the right, it could be caused by corrupt font cache files. What appears to be happening is that incorrect or corrupted encoding vector information is being used when mapping the character codes as input by your keyboard to the glyphs they represent in the problematic font. You can run Font Cache Cleaner to purge these cache files in an attempt to restore normal behavior. If you use Font Cache Cleaner but the problem remains, then it could be caused by a
What's New
Version 1.5 beta 10:
- Fixed a bug that prevented the Administrator-Free feature of Font Finagler from being able to properly clean the font cache files.
- Complete 'Release Notes' available here.
Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
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| Downloads:21,638 |
| Version Downloads:2,229 |
| Type:Utilities : Font Tools |
| License:Shareware |
| Date:15 Jun 2010 |
| Platform:PPC / Intel |
| Price: $10.00 |
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Font Finagler (formerly Font Cache Cleaner).... If you're having problems on your system with text appearing "garbled" as in the image to the right, it could be caused by corrupt font cache files. What appears to be happening is that incorrect or corrupted encoding vector information is being used when mapping the character codes as input by your keyboard to the glyphs they represent in the problematic font. You can run Font Cache Cleaner to purge these cache files in an attempt to restore normal behavior. If you use Font Cache Cleaner but the problem remains, then it could be caused by a font conflict or by a corrupt font. Try removing fonts to isolate the problematic fonts that are causing this behavior.
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Michael Haeusler reviewed on 17 Oct 2006
Anonymous reviewed on 11 May 2005
http://images.apple.com/pro/pdf/L303878B_Font_TT_v4.pdf
which describes the font architecture of OSX and includes much useful information, including font caches and other potential problem spots.
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Anonymous reviewed on 25 Mar 2005
Anonymous reviewed on 19 Mar 2005
here goes 10 more bucks on my credit card.. but it's worth it.
thanks for making something truely useful.
Anonymous reviewed on 02 Mar 2005
Anonymous reviewed on 14 Oct 2004
Anonymous reviewed on 24 Jul 2004
You can't imagine how helpful this was!
I spent weeks on end trying to find the source of this problem and this little application was the solution.
Anonymous reviewed on 07 Jul 2004
version 1.0.