Type 1 font handling messed up by December 11, 2012 update KB2753842

Anonymous
2012-12-13T00:15:42+00:00

Programs like Quark Xpress and Coreldraw on Windows 7 and XP have their Type 1 font handling broken by this patch. Characters larger than 15 pt. become invisible. Uninstalling the patch removes the problem. We have 330 machines with this problem. Is Microsoft getting ready to release a fix for this?

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Anonymous
2013-01-02T09:53:51+00:00

Hello all,

Please be informed, that MS12-078 now has been updated – you can read more about the update here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms12-078

Why was this bulletin rereleased on December 20, 2012? ****Microsoft rereleased this bulletin to address a known issue in the KB2753842 update related to OpenType Fonts (OTF) not properly rendering in applications after the original update was applied. Customers who have successfully installed the original KB2753842 update are protected from the vulnerability described in CVE-2012-2556. However, customers need to install the rereleased KB2753842 update to resolve the issue with improper OpenType font rendering and to keep the affected binaries up to date.

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-02-21T22:01:43+00:00

    KB2753842 may have failed to successfully install again on 30 January 2013 (i.e., per your Update History) but KB2753842 was only re-released once on 20 December 2012. See http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms12-078

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-02-21T20:58:13+00:00

    I uninstalled the update December 11/2012, and installed December 20th, but still have the problem.

    uninstalled it again and realized that in Windows Update, the release date is now January 30, 2013

    but not solved the problem.

    I disabled the antivirus and repeated the steps. nothing.

    Windows 7 x64 Professional SP1

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-02-20T01:29:30+00:00

    I have this kind of issue with the Windows 8 viewer with fonts not beeing display, even after reinstalling the update. Is this the same issue?

    No.

    PS: Windows Update has nothing to do with upgrading a computer either. Please post any future questions about installing or upgrading to Win8 here =>http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows\_8-windows\_install

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-02-20T01:15:53+00:00

    I have this kind of issue with the Windows 8 viewer with fonts not beeing display, even after reinstalling the update. Is this the same issue?

    My original file is an PDF file with OpenType CFF fonts. Does the viewer support that kind of font?

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