Error code: 83 :: 4
Message text:
After Effects error: Failed to parse transmap file.
Message interpretation:
Unicode conversion for fonts failed because there is no rules file.
Possible causes:
Basically, the Adobe font system is broken when this message appears. This is a component shared between various programs and operates side by side with your operating system's font system. Due to these complex mechanisms, it can break relatively easily. In most cases this is triggered by installing various applications in the wrong order. If you install for instance an older version of a program to complement other programs, trouble may ensue. This is in particular a problem when you install a mix of complete suites and separate tools. In addition, damaged or poorly designed fonts can cause similar troubles, because they cannot be properly accessed and rendered in font selection lists.
Resolution or workaround:
As a first, always try to remove any fonts from your system that you do not need currently. They only consume RAM and make the lists unecessarily long. If that doesn't help, removing all Adobe apps and re-installing everything from scratch will fix the issue in many cases. In addition to removing the programs, you may need to manually remove directories and configuaration data. On Windows, the relevant directories can be found under
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe
If you need to use an offending font regardless, try to find a better version of it. If it represents a clone of a commercial font, that one time may be the right moment learning to appreciate the quality, both in technical and aesthetical terms, of a well-done commercial typeface and spending a bit of money on it.
