Hi there. We have a Mac server hosting filemaker to both Macs and PCs. We had an office manager create an assortment of Filemaker databases, who has since left the company. The problem is that all of the databased were created on the Mac. When viewing them on PC, however, the font formatting is slightly different. Now, when we view the layout mode for the databases, they were setup using a font called "Times". I'm not sure if this is the problem? Maybe it's calling on a font that isn't on PC (XP Pro) and the PC is using a substitue font, causing formatting differences.

I'd like to figure out a way to make everything look and print identical, but unfortunately, the databases created on the Mac only look correct on a Mac.

Any ideas?

PCs - XP Pro

Mac Workstations - 10.4

Mac X Serve - 10.4

There are very few fonts that are "identical" on Mac/PC. Verdana is good, but Times is poor.

You need to experiment a little, but there is no perfect solution. Incidentally since FMP 8 only TRUE TYPE fonts fonts are supported correctly, not even OPEN TYPE works well. I had to re-buy the same fonts for my operation.

Palatino and Optima may also be good options, along with Tahoma (the basic Windows menu font)

The Mac has always been superior here...battle on

New Times Roman is pretty common on both platforms, more modern than Times. It's a serif font, good for printing, but not so much for other things.

The developer of BaseElements did an interesting write up on FileMaker fonts: Fonts and FileMaker continued...

PS: Arial 11 is generally a safe choice for cross platform display.