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T.Kehr
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January 14, 2020
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Is the right font activated or not … or ?

  • January 14, 2020
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Hi There!
i got some problems with the fonts … two open documents, a empty new one (not saved) and a older one from the last year. The older one displays everthing fine. If i copy some textboxes from the older to the new … the text was red highlighted, as missing font are there … i'm using Fontexplorer and other software on macOS in the latest version … please have look on the screenshot. I thought the fonts where correct activated by openig the older file, but why they are marked as "missing" by copy/paste elements from one file to the other? 

thanks a lot!

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Correct answer jmlevy

Hi,

If the document that displays correctly the fonts has been packaged with a “document fonts” folder, it uses these fonts, not the fonts that are activated by FontExplorer and these fonts can only be used in this document. Did you check this?

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Ashutosh_Mishra
Ashutosh_Mishra
Inspiring
January 14, 2020

Hi there,

 

Thanks for reaching out. In addition to the correct response given earlier, I'd also recommend checking out help article https://helpx.adobe.com/fonts/using/package-font-files.html to know more about Font Packaging.

Hope it helps.

 

Regards,

Ashutosh

jmlevy
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jmlevyCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
January 14, 2020

Hi,

If the document that displays correctly the fonts has been packaged with a “document fonts” folder, it uses these fonts, not the fonts that are activated by FontExplorer and these fonts can only be used in this document. Did you check this?

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    T.KehrAuthor
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    January 14, 2020

    Thanks jmlevy! Thats new for me, i thought the packed fonts are for backup. And i don't know that indesign can use fonts without a font activation, or font management software. In this case you're right, the older one was packed by indesign.

    thanks a lot and regards!

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