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Text in my product shows missing or random characters.
Text in my product shows missing or random characters.

Font problems

Updated over 11 months ago

Motion and FCP do not handle font-related problems well – corrupted font duplicates, corrupted font cache and other similar issues cause these apps to display errors.

You can resolve such issues using mInstaller: close Motion and FCP, open mInstaller and uninstall the product that you are working with. Next, go to mInstaller's Settings via the Cogwheel Menu, [Fix] the fonts, reboot your Mac, and install the previously removed product again.

NEXT STEP IF THE ABOVE FAILED


Open the Terminal.app (you'll find it in your Applications > Utilities folder), copy-paste the following command, and press Enter (be sure to type in your admin password when prompted):

sudo atsutil databases -remove

Once the command has been executed, restart your Mac.


Next, you'll need to delete the generated previews (only if you've got Background Render turned on - Final Cut can store a pre-render of the incorrectly displayed font) via the “File” > “Delete Generated Library Files” menu (see attached screenshot - link at the bottom) - after that, the issue should be gone. Here's the tutorial for clearing FCP render files

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