In last week’s issue, we published an article detailing the release of Mac OS X v10.6.7, which was made available Monday, March 21 for all Snow Leopard users. Following the update’s release, issues began to surface surrounding the operating system’s handling of OpenType PostScript fonts and PDF files. For users with a myriad—pardon the font pun—of OTFs installed as well as heavy Adobe users, the update has been particularly problematic.
Though the majority of OS X’s included system fonts are TrueType, a few OpenType PostScript fonts are also included. For this reason, we recommend holding off on v10.6.7 if you have not already updated. Apple has not commented on whether or not they plan to issue a fix for the bug. However, as the affected number of users is sizable, it is likely a patch of some kind will be issued before the formal release of v10.6.8. Our apologies if last week’s article led you to update your OS and you have since been affected by the bug. When the article was published, we hadn’t yet realized the full scope of the issue.