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lotharv73558022
Inspiring
September 1, 2021
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Changing fonts

  • September 1, 2021
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When opening an fm file in FM2019 I do get a 'font missing' message. But the fm search doesn't show me where the font is. The MIF version of the file shows the missing font:

<Tbl
<TblID 99>
<TblTag `B-Sb'>
<TblFormat
<TblColumn
<TblColumnNum 0>
<TblColumnWidth 100.0 mm>
<TblColumnH
<PgfTag `A4_Tag'>
<Pgf
<PgfFont
<FTag `'>
<FPlatformName `W.Frutiger 45 Light.R.400'>
<FFamily `Frutiger 45 Light'>
<FVar `Regular'>
<FWeight `Regular'>
<FAngle `Regular'>
<FPostScriptName `Frutiger-Light'>
<FEncoding `FrameRoman'>
...
> # end of PgfFont
> # end of Pgf
> # end of TblColumnH
...

 

I'd like to change the missing font to an existing one, i.e. Arial.

The tags that need to be changed are:

<FPlatformName `W.Frutiger 45 Light.R.400'>
<FFamily `Frutiger 45 Light'>
<FPostScriptName `Frutiger-Light'>

 

 Is there a way to change the font in FM directly (and not in MIF)?

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    Correct answer Winfried Reng

    Hi,

     

    When you open the Fonts pod (View | Pods | Fonts), you get a list of the fonts in your document.

    When you double-click on one of the fonts, FrameMaker opens the Replace Font pod. In this pod all pages are listed with this font.

    When you click on one of the entries, FrameMaker selects the corresponding text.

    FrameMaker does not open the reference pages or master pages.

    And when your font is just stored in the table properties, FrameMaker does not list any specific location.

     

    Best regards

     

    Winfried

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    Community Expert
    Winfried RengCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    September 2, 2021

    Hi,

     

    When you open the Fonts pod (View | Pods | Fonts), you get a list of the fonts in your document.

    When you double-click on one of the fonts, FrameMaker opens the Replace Font pod. In this pod all pages are listed with this font.

    When you click on one of the entries, FrameMaker selects the corresponding text.

    FrameMaker does not open the reference pages or master pages.

    And when your font is just stored in the table properties, FrameMaker does not list any specific location.

     

    Best regards

     

    Winfried

      lotharv73558022
      lotharv73558022Author
      Inspiring
      September 2, 2021

      Many thanks Winfried. It worked.

      4everJang
      4everJang
      Legend
      September 1, 2021

      The font is applied to a paragraph in a table with table format 'B-Sb'. Even if the actual table does not have any text with that font, the original table format still references the font via its default format properties.

       

      You should a new table with the 'B-Sb' format, then select all its cells, make sure the font is the one you want instead of the missing one. Then save the table format (from the Table Designer) and save the file. Just to make sure the table format is written into the file, you should close and reopen it and check if the formatting of the new table is still as required. Once this is done, you can discard the new table and your document should not have the missing font referenced anywhere anynore.

       

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