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beatrix_swh_32049
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June 11, 2024
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Barcode-font 2of5.ttf X InDesign

  • June 11, 2024
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The Font 2of5.ttf does not work in InDesign, but it work in Illustrator. How can this be. And how can I fix the problem in InDesign?

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rob day
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rob dayCommunity Expert
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June 19, 2024

Hi @beatrix_swh_32049 , Did you check InDesign’s Glyph panel? I can’t check with CC2024 at the moment, but here is CC2021’s Glyph panel, where I can set glyphs and see the Unicodes:

 

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beatrix_swh_32049Author
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June 19, 2024

Thank you for your helbp! Looks nearly same in CC2024 Glyphs Panel. But I can't change anything. Is there a way that InDesign recognizes that two digit are one ligature?

rob day
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rob dayCommunity Expert
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June 19, 2024

This is what I get in CC2024—I can access the font’s glyphs from the keyboard via numbers, or I can double-click a glyph in the panel:

 

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Eugene TysonCommunity Expert
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June 12, 2024

https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/adobe-not-supporting-true-type-fonts-ttf-starting-2023-how-to-manage-template-change-to-otf/m-p/12530280

 

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beatrix_swh_32049Author
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June 12, 2024

TTF-Fonts will be supported, so that post about at least Type1-Fonts does not help

 

https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/font-support/m-p/12051424#M430049

On behalf of Adobe, yes, support for TrueType fonts will continue for the indefinite future. As @John Mensinger explains, OpenType, both the CFF and the TTF flavours, are effectively extensions of the original TrueType format in terms of file format.

(Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021))
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Eugene TysonCommunity Expert
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June 19, 2024

Hello Eugene,

 

this font only has Ligatures as characteres (pairs of digits). But inDesign wont recognize them as Ligatures. 

It works in Illutrator, but i need it in InDesign in Datamerging to generate individual codes on vouchers. It has to be this font, because the codes must be readable with our cash register system.

 

So maybe you have an idea how to get indesign to show ligatures?


I looked to see if it was ligatures - I think I did anyway.

 

I can't get the font to work in InDesign at all.

 

Perhaps 

@rob day @Peter Kahrel 

Might have ideas?

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