SVG with Futura font on macOS: font not found

[Gerben Wierda]

I have added an SVG file to a IND document. I want to export this to PDF. But there is a font missing according to IND. It offers me replacement, but somehow this doesn't do anything. There is a Futura font on my system.

The SVG contains 

font-family="Futura"

How do I make IDD find that font or link it to whatever is in the SVG?

[Rishabh_Tiwari]

Hi @Gerben Wierda ,

Sorry to hear about the trouble. I found a similar discussion on the community which you can refer to here https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/missing-font-error-not-going-away-after-installi...

Let us know if this helps or if you need any further assistance.

Regards

Rishabh

[Gerben Wierda · Accepted solution]

I found a workaround: I downloaded inkscape and used it to convert the SVG to PDF.

[Willi Adelberger]

Weshalb hast du nicht mit Adobe Illustrator die Grafik als PDF/AI gespeichert. Dessen Qualität und Möglichkeiten sind doch viel besser?

[Rishabh_Tiwari]

Glad to hear that! Feel free to reach out if you need any further assistance.

[James Gifford—NitroPress]

Illustrator can also handle this, I believe.

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[Laubender]

Hi Gerben,

also see into my two bug reports I did about missing fonts in placed SVGs. Please support them and vote for a fix. Thanks!

[INDD 2020 and 2021] Missing font in placed SVG is not detected by Preflight or Type > Find Fonts…

Uwe Laubender, Aug 9, 2021

https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601180-adobe-indesign-bugs/suggestions/43965738--indd-2020-and...

[INDD 2020 and 2021] Document fonts folder does not work with fonts for placed SVGs
Uwe Laubender, Aug 9, 2021

https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601180-adobe-indesign-bugs/suggestions/43967364--indd-2020-and...

Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Professional )