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Dec 9, 2021 6:28 PM UTC
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Colons changing to squares when exporting to PDF from InDesign

Hello, I'm having trouble figuring out what the issue is here. I have a block of text that includes several colons. When exporting, the colons display as squares in a PDF. There are no errors in InDesign, and the colons are the same font as the rest of the text. Searching online has turned up no solutions. Any suggestions?

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Peter Spier
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Community Expert
Dec 9, 2021 7:55 PM UTC

Lots of reports of similar issues with Google fonts. If that is waht this is, and youi can also get the font through Adobe, try that.

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James Gifford—NitroPress
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Dec 9, 2021 7:37 PM UTC

I suspect a font bug. Try changing a representative paragraph or style to a similar font (maybe even a different weight of the one you're using) to see if the fault persists.

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Known Participant
Dec 9, 2021 6:30 PM UTC

Here's a screenshot of the InDesign file next to the exported PDF:

 

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