Red Spiral in text in InDesign

[amanm5143]

Hi,

I am working on a document that contains other languages apart from English as well. For specific words and languages, I am using particular Font Types via Character Style. However, sometimes while going through the document, if I miss a letter or word of other language, InDesign shows the following sign:

With regard to the same, I would be grateful if Indesign users in this community could help me figure out a way to search for this error through GREP or Preflight Panel?

Any kind of guidance would be highly appreciated. Thank you for the time and effort.

Regards,

Aman Mittal

[Manan Joshi]

The pink highlight means that the font is missing. You can use the Type>Find Font dialog the locate and change the font. Preflight also can check for missing fonts.

The following links would be helpful for you

https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/preflighting-files-handoff.html

https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/using-fonts.html#work_with_missing_fonts

-Manan

[amanm5143]

Hi Manan,

Thank you for the reply. You are absolutely right that if a particular font type is missing, Preflight Panel by defaults creates a red mark in its panel to let us know about it. Else, we can search for missing font error with Find Fonts. However, the problem I am discussing is slightly different. To cite with an example, let's say we take a Hebrew word or letter. If I apply Palatino font on the letter, it shows the above mark, however, if I change the font to Times New Roman, it shows the Hebrew letter. In both cases, Preflight Panel shows "No errors". It is just that I haven't applied the right font type on the letter. 

Since, the document I am working on is pretty big, and while working I am taking care of almost all the letters with Character Styling, however, just to do a final review to see if I missed a particular letter or word, I am seeking a way to find the same through Grep or Preflight Panel.

I hope this explains the issue, in a better way. Thank you for all the effort and time. Much appreciated.

Regards,

Aman Mittal

[Manan Joshi · Accepted solution]

In that case it seems that we are talking about a missing glyph in the font. Check the following link that describes how to use the Preflight panel and Find Glyph option to handle such cases

https://indesignsecrets.com/tackling-missing-glyphs.php

Hope this helps

-Manan

[amanm5143]

Hi Manan,

Big thank you for the reply! This is exactly what I was looking for! Thanks a lot!

Regards,

Aman

[Laubender · Accepted solution]

Hi Aman,

also see into this script by Peter Kahrel based on an idea by Peter Baumgartner:

Manage missing glyphs (CS4 and later)

https://creativepro.com/files/kahrel/indesign/missing_glyphs.html

Note by Peter Kahrel:

25 Nov. 2019: Added the possibility to apply a character style to any missing glyphs.

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

[amanm5143]

Hi Uwe,

Thank you for the reply! You gave me a shortcut and thank you to @Peter Kahrel Sir for making the workflow all the more easier and fun.

Thanks & Regards,

Aman