URGENT! FM 5.1.1 on iMac (OS 8.5.1)

["Adam Korman" <adamk@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I've been running Frame 5.1.1 (and 5.5.6) on Mac OS 8.5.1 without trouble 
for weeks (months?) on my 7300 (well, not MUCH trouble, anyway). Right now
there's an urgent situation where we need to get 5.1.1 running on an iMac
and we keep getting the "can't initialize font arrays" error no matter what
the fonts are set to in the Appearance control panel.

Anyone have a clue about this? Is there anyone successfully running this
combination (iMac, OS 8.5.1, Frame 5.1.1)? And of course they want me to
troubleshoot this over the phone (yargh!).

Thanks,
Adam

Here's an old note about this problem (for the sake of those getting the
digest, please snip this if you reply!):

>
> Julie Manley wrote:
>
>> Seh-La,
>>
>> We have an "in-progress" technical note on this problem. I
>> have included it below.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Julie Manley, Adobe FrameMaker Technical Support
>> _________________________________________________
>>
>> Launching Framemaker on a Mac OS 8.5 system gives a message
>> "Can't Initialize Font Array"
>>
>> Issue:
>> When I launch any version of Framemaker I see the message
>> "Can't initialize Font Array" and Framemaker fails to launch.
>>
>> Solution:
>> Open the Appearance control panel and select the Themes tab.
>> Scroll through the themes and click on Mac OS Default. You
>> will now be able to launch Framemaker without getting the error.
>>
>> Related Records
>>
>> With system 8.5 Apple gave users the ability to change the
>> way the system looks by creating different themes. Some of
>> the themes that Apple included in the Appearance control
>> panel use system fonts that Framemaker does not recognize as
>> being a system font so Framemaker thinks there is an error in
>> the font database and fails to launch. The Mac OS Default
>> theme uses fonts that Framemaker does recognize as system
>> fonts so it will then work. If you find a theme that
>> Framemaker fails to launch with you can go back and check the
>> fonts it is using and manually change them to the ones the
>> default uses so you retain the look of the theme except with
>> a different font.

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