Cannot see installed fonts in programs after installing with Font

[scrollsaw22]

OS 10.4 with current updates. Installed a TTF using the Font Book and it
shows there correctly. But when going into Word for example, type in text,
highlight it, click on the font format and the new font that was installed
will not show in the list. I have already tried deleting the font cache,
then rebooting and reinstalling the font thru the Font Book and just manually
copying to the /Library/Fonts folder.

 

[CyberTaz]

Althought it sounds like you may already be aware of what it refers to,
below is an excerpt from;

http://www.macreviewzone.com/archive/hardcider/guestreviews/swope/osx_fonts.shtml
In an ideal world, in addition to installing classic font formats into
Classic (OS 9.1), you should be able to install classic fonts and .dfonts in
OS X in several places. To install fonts into OS X, it is easiest to drop
your .dfont, TrueType, PostScript and Bitmap fonts into either of the last
two choices, or for widest availability, your TrueType, PostScript and
Bitmap fonts into the last choice. That's all there is to it:

1. /System/Library/Fonts (read-only default system .dfont, TrueType and
PostScript fonts)

2. /Network/Library/Fonts (site-specific .dfont, TrueType and PostScript
fonts accessible through a corporate LAN/WAN)

3. /Library/Fonts (machine-specific .dfont, TrueType and PostScript fonts
not part of the set of default system fonts but available to all users when
they log into OS X)

4. /Users/*User*/Library/Fonts (user-specific .dfont, TrueType and
PostScript fonts available only to that user when he/she is logged into OS
X) 5. /System/Fonts (TrueType and PostScript fonts that will be available
to both OS X and Classic applications at the same time)

If you are installing as suggested, the problem may be that, although
TrueType, the fonts may not be Mac-compatible. IOW, if you copied them from
a PC they most likely won't be usable on the Mac & vice-versa.