Paint Shop Pro support - PSP 6 problem

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PSP 6 problem

Mark Walton

2005-06-27, 7:17 am

Hi

I'm using PSP6.02 (I know, pretty old)

It has been working fine for years but this morning it's doing something
unexpected

There is one particular font which, if I use it, causes a crash to desktop.
The font (flat earth scribe) was working fine yesterday, this morning I
started a new image and opened the text tool which still contained the text
I had used last night, when I clicked "ok" to write the text to the image,
PSP crashed without message.

I have tested different fonts and they are all fine, I have tested this font
in other programs without error. I don't understand what could've changed-
they are the very same words as last night! PSP crashes consistently every
time I try to use this font, and only that one font (that I can determine,
haven't tried every one)

Has anyone seen anything like this before, or can anyone offer any advice...
I could try a reinstall but I think my original disc is pretty beat up now
after several years.

(I know I should probably upgrade, but I used PSP7 and didn't get on well
with the changes in layout, and PSP6 does everything I need)

neilr

2005-06-27, 7:17 am

"Mark Walton" <dontbother@myemail.really> wrote in message
news:d9og5n$s8m$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk...
> Hi
>
> I'm using PSP6.02 (I know, pretty old)
>
> It has been working fine for years but this morning it's doing something
> unexpected
>
> There is one particular font which, if I use it, causes a crash to
> desktop.
> The font (flat earth scribe) was working fine yesterday, this morning I
> started a new image and opened the text tool which still contained the
> text
> I had used last night, when I clicked "ok" to write the text to the image,
> PSP crashed without message.
>
> I have tested different fonts and they are all fine, I have tested this
> font
> in other programs without error. I don't understand what could've changed-
> they are the very same words as last night! PSP crashes consistently every
> time I try to use this font, and only that one font (that I can determine,
> haven't tried every one)
>
> Has anyone seen anything like this before, or can anyone offer any
> advice...
> I could try a reinstall but I think my original disc is pretty beat up now
> after several years.
>
> (I know I should probably upgrade, but I used PSP7 and didn't get on well
> with the changes in layout, and PSP6 does everything I need)

Yep - you're not alone. I came across this same problem a couple of months
back. It was a different font though and I didn't hang around to try to
debug it, so can't suggest why - but it's not peculiar to your system.

--
Neil

Mark Walton

2005-06-28, 7:34 pm

"neilr" <neilr@NOSPAMpages-uk.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Mark Walton" <dontbother@myemail.really> wrote in message
> news:d9og5n$s8m$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk...
>
> Yep - you're not alone. I came across this same problem a couple of
> months
> back. It was a different font though and I didn't hang around to try to
> debug it, so can't suggest why - but it's not peculiar to your system.
>
> --
> Neil
>
>
>

Well, I think it's only the upper case letters in that one font, having done
some more experimentation. I even re-installed the font with a different
name (hex editted), and it acts exactly the same.

It's wierd, I suppose I'll have to live with it.

Trev

2005-06-28, 7:34 pm

"Mark Walton" <dontbother@myemail.really> wrote in message
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>
> "neilr" <neilr@NOSPAMpages-uk.com> wrote in message
> news:42bfd3f3$0$2029$ed2e19e4@ptn-nntp-reader04.plus.net...
>
>
>
> Well, I think it's only the upper case letters in that one font, having
> done
> some more experimentation. I even re-installed the font with a different
> name (hex editted), and it acts exactly the same.
>
> It's wierd, I suppose I'll have to live with it.
>

You could replace it with a new verstion of that font or repair it with
Tweak XP if you have XP
>