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Glyph as bullet not functioning in paragraph styles

Forum|Forum|2 years ago
April 12, 2023
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Hello. I would like to use a glyph as a bullet (the opentype digit 3 of Adobe Caslon Pro - an acorn). In the paragraph style box for my "Bulleted list" style, I am trying to add the bullet. When I click "add" and then click "ok," a standard round black dot appears in my list of bullet characters to choose from. If I try to add my preferred glyph (or any of the other opentype glyphs from the font's set, for that matter), the program tells me: "The selected bullet already appears in the Bullets and Numbering dialog box with this font and style association. Specify a different font or style, or select a different bullet." In short, adding a glyph as bullet is not functioning. Could anybody suggest a solution to this problem? Thank you.

Willi Adelberger

Community Expert

Did you create a Character Style first of the font which contains this bullet? You have to do so.
In the paragraph style select first the created Character Style, the select the bullet of that font.
Use it.

Brad @ Roaring Mouse

Community Expert

I'm on Mac 18.2 and am experiencing the same issue. However, it does seem to be a flaw in the font.

I inspected the different weights, and for some reason the Regular does not an assigned Character Code/Unicode value for that Glyph, where the others do.

So, the solution (if you can call it that) is temporarily change your text font to a different weight other than Regular (I used Bold); THEN select and add the acorn (which now shows)

, then change your font back to Regular.

James Gifford—NitroPress

Legend

Mine has it:

Sooo... ? 😛

ETA: Font data:

c.kurtz

Inspiring

Thank you for the helpful reply. I have submitted the issue to the User Voice forum. Here's a link if you'd like to upvote the issue: https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601180-adobe-indesign-bugs/suggestions/46535665-adobe-caslon-pro-glyph-as-bullet-does-not-functio. I have also posted on the community forum for Adobe Fonts. I've also reached out to the Adobe support staff: they've taken my phone number, so if I get a helpful response I'll post it here.

Ran into the exact same issue, never expecting to find the same question being asked before.

James Gifford—NitroPress

Legend

Not having any problem here —

It might help to know what platform, OS and ID version you're using.

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Adam BresnahanAuthor

Participating Frequently

Thank you. I am using InDesign version 18.2.1 (x64). I am on a PC using Windows 10.

James Gifford—NitroPress

Legend

No clues there.

Create a new style, using [No Paragraph Style] as the origin, and see if ID allows you to add the bullet glyph to that. Sometimes individual styles have conflicting settings or even corruption that can cause glitches like this.

But no, there's no fundamental reason you shouldn't be able to do this, so it's a matter of working through the options. Such as — can you successfully use that weight of Caslon Pro for some regular text? Does a different weight selected in the Bullets panel have a different result?

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