Pantone and other Color

I have Illustrator 10 and I cant get any pantone colors to come up or any other ones under the window swatch libraries- web safe- HSB- Pastels etc.

but if I open a project that has a pantone color in it and select it it comes up on my color chart, but I cant get into the whole booklet of them under window- swatch libraries

anyone have any tips????

[PrintDriver]

Illustrator 10 on a Mac?
do you get the library tab but no colors?
Or nothing at all when you select the library from Window?

Can be two things right off the bat.
1. Bad preference file (dump it and reboot Illy).
2. A corrupt font (believe it or not).

Gets a little more difficult after that.

PrintDriver is a grande format digital print dude. His advice/opinions may not apply to the 4color/offset/web world of printing

yah it is on mac
i get nothing from the swatch libraries tab at all, no colors no type nothing

print driver, know of any solutions to possibly finding the corrupt
font??

trying to find my prefferences file to, but i cant find it?

and in my swathces folder all the colors are there they just are not showing up in the program

Post Edited (socialD) : 12/7/2004 12:37:48 AM GMT

[PrintDriver]

I take it you don't have Font Doctor (comes with Suitcase) or some such similar font diagnostic.

It might be worth it to you to get some type of font management cuz Macs choke on corrupt fonts all the time.

First try removing all the fonts you have worked with recently to your desktop, especially if you had a crash with a doc open. Try rebooting Illy and test the pallette. (Note if you are working in OSX you won't be able to move your System fonts)

If you can't invest in one the only other option is to remove 1/2 your fonts to the desktop and open Illy and test the pallette. If it works, the corrupt font is in the pile on your desktop. Keep adding back halves until it doesn't work (keep track of what you're adding back).

If it still doesn't work, the corrupt font is still in your system.

Work by halves.

Some of the font management packages have downloadable demo versions but I don't know if their diagnostic tools come with the demo.

Broacher, if you have a bit o shareware to share here that would be great.

PrintDriver is a grande format digital print dude. His advice/opinions may not apply to the 4color/offset/web world of printing

[PrintDriver]

hang on, which operating system are you using???
There's an old bug in OS9 and a fntlst thing in OSX.
I gotta look it up.
Or you can. Go to Adobe.com user forums, log in as guest and do a search for 'pantone library won't open'

PrintDriver is a grande format digital print dude. His advice/opinions may not apply to the 4color/offset/web world of printing

Post Edited (PrintDriver) : 12/7/2004 12:53:14 AM GMT

[Bob]

>>Broacher, if you have a bit o shareware to share here that would be great<<

Sorry PD--I married Bill Gates years ago and he pays me big bucks not to fool around.

[PrintDriver]

Sorry to hear that man. LOL!
Thanks for replying, though.

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[PrintDriver]

Here's the OSX white paper:
www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/326977.html (http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/326977.html)
You'll have to wade thru it as it combines Mac and Windoze.
DON'T DELETE THE adobefnt.db FILE!!!

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Post Edited (PrintDriver) : 12/7/2004 1:13:20 AM GMT

Im on OSX,
there is many places to move your fonts around in OSX, which folder do you do it to ???

[PrintDriver]

I changed the link above. Adobe describes exactly what to do.

DONT DELETE THE ADOBEFNT.DB file!!!

PrintDriver is a grande format digital print dude. His advice/opinions may not apply to the 4color/offset/web world of printing