Ddraiggoch

Yes if that folder has fonts in it publisher will take many attempts to open.

Yes I have sent through the list of fonts and the text file requested, i also made a copy of the folder before i delete them but at this moment it is the only way i can get publisher to open.

The current beta for all three applications have this fix?

I can confirm that getting rid of the fonts in C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Fonts\ and rebuilding the font cache does solve the problem. Thank you for your quick response and resolution with the beta

Upload the font i could find and the text file, I did use a Font Manager 30 day trail but that was a long time before getting any problems 2 or 3 years. So not don't use a font manager.

Im getting the same error codes on all three application as Application: Designer.exe Framework Version: v4.0.30319 Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception. Exception Info: System.AccessViolationException at <Module>.Affinity.TextBaseTarget.GetFontStyles(Kernel.Font*, Story.FontResolution, std.vector<Kernel::Font,std::allocator<Kernel::Font> >*, UInt64*) at Serif.Interop.Persona.UserInterface.FontFamilyComboBoxContextBarItem.BuildFontsList() at Serif.Interop.Persona.UserInterface.FontFamilyComboBoxContextBarItem..ctor() at Serif.Interop.Persona.Data.CharacterDataSource..ctor(Serif.Interop.Persona.Services.IServiceProvider) at Serif.Affinity.UI.Studio.CharacterPage..ctor() Exception Info: System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException at System.RuntimeTypeHandle.CreateInstance(System.RuntimeType, Boolean, Boolean, Boolean ByRef, System.RuntimeMethodHandleInternal ByRef, Boolean ByRef) at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceSlow(Boolean, Boolean, Boolean, System.Threading.StackCrawlMark ByRef) at System.Activator.CreateInstance(System.Type, Boolean) at System.Activator.CreateInstance(System.Type) at Serif.Affinity.Services.PageService.EnsurePage(System.Type) at Serif.Affinity.UI.AffinityWindow.AttachPages(Serif.Interop.Persona.Workspaces.IWorkspace, Boolean) at Serif.Affinity.UI.AffinityWindow.set_CurrentWorkspace(Serif.Interop.Persona.Workspaces.IWorkspace) at Serif.Affinity.Services.WindowService.ShowMainWindow() at Serif.Affinity.Application+<>c__DisplayClass53_0.<OnServicesInitialised>b__2() at System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherOperation.InvokeDelegateCore() at System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherOperation.InvokeImpl() at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw() at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(System.Threading.Tasks.Task) at System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherOperation.Wait(System.TimeSpan) at System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.InvokeImpl(System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherOperation, System.Threading.CancellationToken, System.TimeSpan) at System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.Invoke(System.Action, System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherPriority, System.Threading.CancellationToken, System.TimeSpan) at System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.Invoke(System.Action) at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(System.Threading.ExecutionContext, System.Threading.ContextCallback, System.Object, Boolean) at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(System.Threading.ExecutionContext, System.Threading.ContextCallback, System.Object, Boolean) at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(System.Threading.ExecutionContext, System.Threading.ContextCallback, System.Object) at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart() -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Application: Photo.exe Framework Version: v4.0.30319 Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception. Exception Info: System.AccessViolationException at <Module>.Kernel.FontCache.GetFontTraitsName(Kernel.StringT<enum Kernel::TEncUtf8>*, Kernel.Font*) at Serif.Interop.Persona.UserInterface.ManagedFontStyle.get_DisplayName() at Serif.Interop.Persona.UserInterface.FontFamilyComboBoxContextBarItem+FamilyComboBoxContextBarItem..ctor(Serif.Interop.Persona.UserInterface.ManagedFont) at Serif.Interop.Persona.UserInterface.FontFamilyComboBoxContextBarItem.BuildFontsList() at Serif.Interop.Persona.UserInterface.FontFamilyComboBoxContextBarItem..ctor() at Serif.Interop.Persona.Data.CharacterDataSource..ctor(Serif.Interop.Persona.Services.IServiceProvider) at Serif.Affinity.UI.Studio.CharacterPage..ctor() Exception Info: System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException at System.RuntimeTypeHandle.CreateInstance(System.RuntimeType, Boolean, Boolean, Boolean ByRef, System.RuntimeMethodHandleInternal ByRef, Boolean ByRef) at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceSlow(Boolean, Boolean, Boolean, System.Threading.StackCrawlMark ByRef) at System.Activator.CreateInstance(System.Type, Boolean) at System.Activator.CreateInstance(System.Type) at Serif.Affinity.Services.PageService.EnsurePage(System.Type) at Serif.Affinity.UI.AffinityWindow.AttachPages(Serif.Interop.Persona.Workspaces.IWorkspace, Boolean) at Serif.Affinity.UI.AffinityWindow.set_CurrentWorkspace(Serif.Interop.Persona.Workspaces.IWorkspace) at Serif.Affinity.Services.WindowService.ShowMainWindow() at Serif.Affinity.Application+<>c__DisplayClass53_0.<OnServicesInitialised>b__2() at System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherOperation.InvokeDelegateCore() at System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherOperation.InvokeImpl() at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw() at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(System.Threading.Tasks.Task) at System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherOperation.Wait(System.TimeSpan) at System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.InvokeImpl(System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherOperation, System.Threading.CancellationToken, System.TimeSpan) at System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.Invoke(System.Action, System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherPriority, System.Threading.CancellationToken, System.TimeSpan) at System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.Invoke(System.Action) at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(System.Threading.ExecutionContext, System.Threading.ContextCallback, System.Object, Boolean) at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(System.Threading.ExecutionContext, System.Threading.ContextCallback, System.Object, Boolean) at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(System.Threading.ExecutionContext, System.Threading.ContextCallback, System.Object) at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart() ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Application: Publisher.exe Framework Version: v4.0.30319 Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception. Exception Info: System.AccessViolationException at <Module>.Kernel.FontCache.GetFontTraitsName(Kernel.Font*) at Serif.Interop.Persona.UserInterface.ManagedFontStyle.get_DisplayName() at Serif.Interop.Persona.UserInterface.FontFamilyComboBoxContextBarItem+FamilyComboBoxContextBarItem..ctor(Serif.Interop.Persona.UserInterface.ManagedFont) at Serif.Interop.Persona.UserInterface.FontFamilyComboBoxContextBarItem.BuildFontsList() at Serif.Interop.Persona.UserInterface.FontFamilyComboBoxContextBarItem..ctor() at Serif.Interop.Persona.Data.CharacterDataSource..ctor(Serif.Interop.Persona.Services.IServiceProvider) at Serif.Affinity.UI.Studio.CharacterPage..ctor() Exception Info: System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException at System.RuntimeTypeHandle.CreateInstance(System.RuntimeType, Boolean, Boolean, Boolean ByRef, System.RuntimeMethodHandleInternal ByRef, Boolean ByRef) at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceSlow(Boolean, Boolean, Boolean, System.Threading.StackCrawlMark ByRef) at System.Activator.CreateInstance(System.Type, Boolean) at System.Activator.CreateInstance(System.Type) at Serif.Affinity.Services.PageService.EnsurePage(System.Type) at Serif.Affinity.UI.AffinityWindow.AttachPages(Serif.Interop.Persona.Workspaces.IWorkspace, Boolean) at Serif.Affinity.UI.AffinityWindow.set_CurrentWorkspace(Serif.Interop.Persona.Workspaces.IWorkspace) at Serif.Affinity.Services.WindowService.ShowMainWindow() at Serif.Affinity.Application+<>c__DisplayClass51_0.<OnServicesInitialised>b__2() at System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherOperation.InvokeDelegateCore() at System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherOperation.InvokeImpl() at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw() at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(System.Threading.Tasks.Task) at System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherOperation.Wait(System.TimeSpan) at System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.InvokeImpl(System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherOperation, System.Threading.CancellationToken, System.TimeSpan) at System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.Invoke(System.Action, System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherPriority, System.Threading.CancellationToken, System.TimeSpan) at System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.Invoke(System.Action) at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(System.Threading.ExecutionContext, System.Threading.ContextCallback, System.Object, Boolean) at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(System.Threading.ExecutionContext, System.Threading.ContextCallback, System.Object, Boolean) at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(System.Threading.ExecutionContext, System.Threading.ContextCallback, System.Object) at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart() I have to just keep trying to load and eventually they will load but this happened in 1.7 aswell