Missing Degree Symbol.

[ralegh]

One of our Mac's has strange problem: When we open an adobe illustrator document containing the dregress symbol it isn't shown!!

Does anyone know why this has happened and how to fix it?

System Specs:
G4 running OS 9.2.2
Adobe Illustrator 8

Hope someone can help.
Ralegh.

 

[Triska]

Illustrator 8.... nope.

To fix it:
In AI 10 we have a Type > Find/Change dialogue (Search and Replace), but I think it was not in Version 8.

It could be font corruption, glyph substitution/switched/updated fonts, many things.

Try changing the font to another similar face (Arial to Arial Black, for instance)

Also, if you post the file to a website and give me a link I will look at it / fix it with AI10 if I am able. If you do this, please tell me at least one place where a degree symbol was SUPPOSED to be, as an example.

Sef.


It is alright to decorate construction, but never construct decoration. - Pugin, on Arch.

http://www.elucidesign.com

 

[ralegh]

Thanks for the offer Triska.

We have found a work round, we simply open the document on a different Mac and Outline the degree symbol.

I would just like to know why this is happening and what caused it.

Thanks again for the offer.

Kind regards
Ralegh.

 

[Triska]

Most likely differing font versions, with mismapped charecter codes. Or a corrupt font file. Or a degree symbol with an 'Appearance' applied to it, or with a 'background' matching color...

Is there anything IN PLACE of the ° ?

It is alright to decorate construction, but never construct decoration. - Pugin, on Arch.

http://www.elucidesign.com

 

[ralegh]

The degree symbol isn't replaced just missing.

Example: 8°C is now 8 C.

I check the rest of our Mac's and found the same problem on another 3!

Spoke to Adobe and they don't know what's caused it. Ended up re-installing Illustrator.

I'm begining to think it's a problem with one of our Fonts.

 

[Triska]

Thanks for the reply... yes, very suspicious, especially that it wasn't replaced witha missing character symbol, like: []

It is alright to decorate construction, but never construct decoration. - Pugin, on Arch.

http://www.elucidesign.com