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Jack
Inspiring
October 21, 2017
Question

Inconsistent Font Lists

  • October 21, 2017
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When editing my document in inDesign 2017.1, if I go to Type | Fonts I get a nice long list that includes the one that I would like to use on a new paragraph style that I am creating. However, when I go to the 'Font' drop-down for selecting the font in my paragraph style, the desired style is not showing up. Case in point: desired style is Berlin FB, which shows up in 'Type | Fonts'. However, when I try to select that font face in the 'paragraph style' font drop-down, only 'Berlin' (unqualified) shows up. 'Berlin' [alone] is, BTW, NOT present in 'Type | Fonts'. So, I'm somewhat confused by what is going on here. Any ideas appreciated.

Best,

jwc

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    winterm
    winterm
    Legend
    October 21, 2017

    Font Family and Font Style lists in a Type > Fonts and Paragraph Style Options > Basic Character Formats are organized a bit differently. There are reasons, you just should get used to it:

    If this is not an answer to your question, some screenshots of what you mean would be very helpful.

    Update: BTW, in Character Style Options > Basic Character Formats, if you leave Font Family field blank (what is not possible in Paragraph styles), Font Style menu is different again: here you'll find ALL font styles ID thinks are possible. Again, it has a logic here.

    J
    JackAuthor
    Inspiring
    October 22, 2017

    Thanks; I realize the displays vary in different context settings, but what I am finding is that the set of available fonts differs, especially with the Berlin family that I like to use in my documents. Here are screen shots to show you what I am seeing.

    First, a portion of the Type | Fonts list:

    Next, a screen shot of available fonts when I go to create a paragraph style:

    BerlinSans and BerlinSans FBDemi are missing from the first set, and BerlinSans FB Demi Bold and BerlinSans Light are missing from the second set. This is the inconsistency that I am trying to understand. I would like both lists of Berlin fonts to be complete. I am quite certain that I have used fonts from the first set in prior documents that I have created, and equally certain that the current document was spawned from an template created from a prior document. So I’m bit confused by what is going on here.

    Best,

    jwc

    winterm
    winterm
    Legend
    October 22, 2017

    Sorry, not able to see your screenshots...

    Won't you mind to try adding them once again?

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