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Fontawesome Pro 5 glyphs in InDesign not working

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December 7, 2017
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(Mac OS 10.9.5, ID CC 2015.5) I'm trying to use Fontawesome Pro 5 in InDesign. The glyphs panel doesn't work - insert a glyph, I get the glyph name (eg plus-circle) instead. The instructions are that you're supposed to be able to type the glyph name (again eg "plus-circle) and the ligatures are supposed to replace the text with the appropriate symbol. This isn't working either. Ligatures are activated for that font, and I've also tried turning on discretionary ligatures for OTF fonts via the Character control panel. Fontawesome the free version works perfectly - you can insert glyphs without issue. Annoyingly, Fontawesome Pro glyphs DO work perfectly in Illustrator. Any ideas?

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Correct answer Laubender

Hi,

I would write up a bug report and send it to the maker of Fontawesome Pro:

Sorry. No other idea…

Regards,
Uwe

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I found a solution, you need to turn on World-Ready Paragraph Composer setting within Paragraph or under Preferences > Advanced Type.

PraxisCreativeArtAuthor

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Fantastic! Works perfectly! Thank you

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> I've also tried turning on discretionary ligatures

Unless the Pro version is very different from the Free one, that is not necessary. The Free version only contains regular "liga" ligatures.

Per this recent post: Alternate glyphs not working – can you check what language is set to the text where you try to insert your glyphs?

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Hi,

I would write up a bug report and send it to the maker of Fontawesome Pro:

Sorry. No other idea…

Regards,
Uwe