InDesign CS6 - Font is missing, but its not?

[sufinal4]

I inherited a project from another designer and when I open the file, it says various fonts are missing (I mean, Ariel Black, seriously?). But also fonts I knew I didn't have (Aachen Bold) which I have since downloaded and installed in Font book and are active. They even show up in the list of fonts when I open them in Id.  How do I get them to be recognized? I have closed the project and restarted Id hoping it would recognize it but to luck. PLEASE help! A step by step would be a godsend, I am ready to pull my hair out! Thank you!!

[Willi Adelberger]

Do you use styles of the fonts which are not included in the installed fonts? Like Bold or Italic from Arial Black?

[sufinal4]

all of them are listed in the font style when I look to see them. Is Is Ariel Black different from Ariel Black (TT)...it sure looks the same.

[Marvest]

I had once a similar case. It was a matter of the font style name: ID had listed it as "bold italic" and the installed font was "bolditalic" (without space). Little detail but it will give you an error. This is what I do when I have this problem:

1) Type

2) Find Font

3) Click on the font highlighted (the one with the error)

4) Replace with: choose the font family and font style you need

5) Change all

6) Done

And that should do it. You'll have to do it with all the fonts with problem. Hope this helps.

[sufinal4]

I will give this a try. Do you happen to know if Ariel Black (TT) is different than regular old Ariel Black? Also when it asks me what I want to replace it with, does it change allll of them that are supposedly missing to that one font, or can I choose the correct one for each supposedly missing one??

[Marvest]

In ID's eyes, Ariel Black (TT) and regular Ariel Black are different even if they are the same type.

Regarding your second question: it will replace only the one that you highlight in the Fonts in Document panel. It does one at a time.

[sufinal4]

Thank you!!

[Marvest]

You're welcome. Sometimes issues like this can hold you back for a while. I'm glad it helped.

[Buzz81]

I have Adobe CC and am having same problem (it says that Arial is missing!!!!)   I followed the steps - Arial has an exclamation point next to it, so I replaced it with Arial (which shows as installed, but for some reason the Arial font from the pdf I placed returns an error), click done.  It still returns an error.  I'm at my wits end.  What's the solution?   There's no reason this should be happening - NONE!

[Peter Spier]

You can't replace a font in placed content....

[ThePhotoRonin]

That was SO helpful - it was driving me nuts, but sure enough, it was a spelling issue.  Thanks a million for those instructions!!

[rzellmer]

Thank you very much.  This worked for me.

[wizardbard]

This worked only to underlie test below the Xed boxes.  When I deleted the boxes, the text remained but the letters were all wrong.

[carlm27822568]

Thank you same issue

[samanthah42114991]

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[Peter Spier]

Type 1 Postscript, TrueType and OpenType versions of many fonts exist with the same names, but have different naming internally and are not the same font. Most likely you are using newer versions of the fonts and are subtituting OT for TT or T1 fonts in the original file.

[timothys85727376]

I'm having a similar problem but I can't find an answer anywhere in the forums. I have an InDesign file that says I'm missing fonts but the font is previewing normally except for having the bright pink highlight in Normal view. I'm using the same exact font files as my colleagues using this file (we're all having the same problem) so it's not a TTF vs OTF issue.

[Peter Spier]

It's missing (and probably not displaying properly). What's the font? What's the history of the file? And which OS are you using?

[timothys85727376]

That's the thing, it is displaying properly except for the pink highlight. Or does InDesign not automatically default to Myriad or something? I'm using OS X and I've tried it in both CS6 and CC. It's several fonts – the document we're editing is basically a font list. The perplexing thing is it's saying some faces are missing and not others – E.G., Charcuterie Cursive is fine, but Charcuterie Contrast is "missing".

[Peter Spier]

IS the display really in Charcuterie with the highlight? Is Find Font saying the font is missing?

[timothys85727376]

Yeah, the letterforms are definitely Charcuterie, not a default font like Myriad. Unless you mean something else by display? Here is another example (http://snag.gy/AbzXx.jpg‌). That font is Lunchbox Slab and it's displaying properly, it's just highlighted pink and coming up as a missing font. This document was set up using the same exact font.

[Peter Spier]

Are the fonts installed (did I already ask that?)? What does Find Font have to say? Have you tried replacing the missing fonts with themselves? How about exporting to IDML?

[timothys85727376]

Yeah, they're installed (you didn't ask yet ) Find Font says they're missing too. Exporting to IDML doesn't seem to help. Every time we open the file we replace them and save it out.

[Peter Spier]

I'm baffled.

[MW Design]

Are there multiple copies of these fonts on the system? If you searched for them, are only one copy on each computer? Any copies in the documents font folder and the system folder for instance?

Does the problem exist on a new document as well? Are you using a font manager?

I have the same fonts on a Windows system and don't have issues with them.