Wrote up a handy script to clear all the font caches for the Mac OS, Adobe, MIcrosoft Office and Apple iWorks.
I am using this in Casper, so I have it running as root and having a reboot happen after. If you are going to run this on your own, you may want to put a root check in there and make sure to reboot after.
#!/bin/bash’till next time
## Author: C. Tangora
## Purpose: Remove Font Cache from Adobe, Microsoft, iWork and Mac OS.
## If run outside of Casper, be sure to be root & reboot after.
## Adobe Font Caches are stored in the User's Libraries, and will have "Fnt" in the name and end in ".lst".
echo "Removing Adobe Font Caches (Lists)"
find -x /Users -mindepth 5 -type f -iname *Fnt*.lst -delete
sleep 1
## Next it will remove the font caches from Microsoft Office.
echo "Removing Office Font Caches"
find -x /Users -mindepth 7 -type f -name *Office\ Font\ Cache* -delete
sleep 1
## iWorks is next on the chopping block
echo "Removing iWork Font Caches"
find -x /Users -type f -name com.apple.iwork.fonts -delete
sleep 1
## Next we will restart the Apple Type Server.
# This is the one we want to make sure we reboot (or at least logout) to restart.
echo "Removing OS Font Caches"
atsutil databases -remove
sleep 1
echo "Restarting Apple Type Service Server"
atsutil server -shutdown
atsutil server -ping
sleep 1
echo "Completed Font Clearing."
echo "Please restart ASAP."
exit 0