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InDesign CS6 - Font is missing, but its not?

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February 26, 2013
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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!!

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FloraMacD

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If you go to File - Package, and select Fonts, you can get a list of all fonts in the document, or all problem fonts (a difference of a checkbox). Click on the name of a font in the list and you can ask the computer to show you the first instance of it.

If you click on the name of a font, then you can select a replacement font and font style for it (as in Times New Roman, bold) and tell it to Change All instances where that font is used.

Note: You might have the correct font installed, but the style might be wrong. It might say [bold] when it needs to say [regular] or something like that.

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natebartlett

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I've been having the same problem. I'm part of a design team that all work remotely. We all work with each others indesign files. There a a few fonts that we use regularly for example: Sloop Script. For some reason each of us has to replace each others fonts whenever we open each others files. I have asked the other designers to package their version of Sloop that they've used in the files, and have installed them on my computer yet, we still have this same problem. I cannot understand for the life of me how to fix this.

I know it's not a huge deal to just update the fonts every time we open a file, but this is happening up to 25 times a day, and ultimately it's hurting my efficiency.

I've looked at the font names, and I cannot see a difference.

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effy1156

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I'm currently having this exact problem. I have all the same fonts the other designers on my team have, but they don't have an issue with each other. It's only my files that we keep having to find and replace fonts with. The biggest problem is that our OTF fonts are not allowing me to actually use the Open Type features to change figures to tabular lining. Which means other designers are having to export my work for me. We have tried so many work arounds for ensuring the fonts are all consistent, but it's still persisting. Were you ever able to find the solution for this?

timothys85727376

Participant

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

Community Expert

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

Participant

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

Community Expert

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.

Marvest

Inspiring

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.

sufinal4Author

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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

Inspiring

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.

Willi Adelberger

Community Expert

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

sufinal4Author

Participant

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.

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