At the start-up of the Editor it sometimes occurs that the Editor crashes with a GFontManager error at start-up. This is causes by a font that can’t be processed. Below how to locate the font that causes the problem.
MacOS X:
In order to find and further remove the corrupted fonts, you have the possibility to run the Editor application into the console Terminal:
[…]/Contents/MacOS/[suite name]\ Editor -loglevel 5
This will generate a list of found fonts and loaded fonts, as seen below:
[Debug] FontManager : Loading System Faces
[Debug] FontManager : found font ‘AppleBraille-Outline6Dot’
[Debug] FontManager : found font ‘AppleBraille-Outline8Dot’
[Debug] FontManager : found font ‘AppleBraille-Pinpoint6Dot’
[Debug] FontManager : found font ‘AppleBraille-Pinpoint8Dot’
[Debug] FontManager : found font ‘MyanmarSangamMN’
[Debug] FontManager : found font ‘Sathu’
[Debug] FontManager : found font ‘Silom’
[Debug] FontManager : loading TrueType font ‘/Library/Fonts/AlBayan.ttf’
[Debug] FontManager : loading TrueType font ‘/Library/Fonts/AlBayanBold.ttf’
[Debug] FontManager : loading TrueType collection ‘/Library/Fonts/AmericanTypewriter.ttc’
[Debug] FontManager : loading TrueType font ‘/Library/Fonts/Andale Mono.ttf’
[Debug] FontManager : loading TrueType font ‘/System/Library/Fonts/Apple Braille Outline 6 Dot.ttf’
[Debug] FontManager : loading TrueType font ‘/System/Library/Fonts/Apple Braille Outline 8 Dot.ttf’
[Debug] FontManager : loading TrueType font ‘/Library/Fonts/华文宋体.ttf’
[Debug] FontManager : loading TrueType font ‘/Library/Fonts/华文楷体.ttf’
[Debug] FontManager : loading TrueType font ‘/Library/Fonts/华文细黑.ttf’
[Debug] FontManager : loading TrueType font ‘/Library/Fonts/华文黑体.ttf’
[Debug] FontManager : Finished System Faces
The loaded fonts also contain the path of the fonts. This should enable finding the corrupted font(s).