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Title: Crashes when accessing fonts on Mac OS X

ID: 17038


Product: LispWorks for Macintosh
Version: All
OS: All

Description:
Corrupted fonts installed on your computer can cause LispWorks to crash with Bus Error in some cases. Typically, the Lisp debugger will show a call to CORE-GRAPHICS:CG-CONTEXT-SELECT-FONT at the top of the stack and a crashdump will be generated by operating system.

See Also:
Workaround: On Mac OS 10.4, the FontBook application can be used to check all fonts and remove any corrupted ones.
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