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
    2016-04-16T18:29:07+00:00

    The statement to simply uninstalling KB2753842 is IMHO nonsense as the only character displayed is this "|".

    Most text is missing from all desktop icon cells so you can't select the Control Panel to reach a point of uninstalling this update.

    Is there a manual means of removing it as the System Restore fails with an Unexepected Error 0x8000ffff.

    Only choice that I see is to RE-INSTALL AGAIN and now that i'm aware of this particular update issue I can look for it and Hide it.

    Need a command line fix from at DOS shell level - via the Install DVD.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-04-23T15:01:03+00:00

    Hello

    I am unclear if there is a fix for this.  I installed a 64bit Windows 7 PC for a client and he is having this exact problem with type one fonts in various applications.  Tried removing the update and then hiding it and he still has the problem.

    Is there now a fix or not.  It is not clear (to me) if there is or is not.

    We are in the UK.

    Thanks

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