Many thanks Mark, the font fix worked well with the speed tape.

However ACES still fails to come up, except for that minute text line.

I have downloaded twice, and unistalled almost every time before attempting a fresh installation.

I am sure the problem must lie in my computer, but, I turn AV and Defender off before installing but to no avail.

I have no other version of CS installed, so the
ACED that I have is the native PVD version from the installer.

Has anyone else complained of a similar problem?