What's the best way to collect all InDesign fonts into Document fonts and point to this folder?

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The font issue is still a headache.Different people's files have different fonts, and ID's packing feature doesn't work for many fonts. It's impatient to deal with other people's files that are always missing fonts. Now we are afraid to use too many fonts. I looked for a script a long time ago, and now I find that I can't type some fonts either.I've also chatted about finding fonts that point to C:\windows\Fonts and others that point to Document fonts. Any suggestions?

Eugene Tyson · Accepted Answer

Sometimes I have to deal with a lot of people's files, but I don't want to install fonts for those files.
To prevent mismatches, I want the fonts for their files just point to Document fonts

By @dublove

And by default - InDesign is looking in the Fonts folder next to the INDD document - but you should make sure, that you don't have duplicates in the system.

So if you are dealing with a lot of "strange" fonts - never install them in the system.

Indesign is not a font management system

I'm locking the conversation and urging you to use the feature requsest.

Eugene Tyson · Answer

It can definitely be frustrating to deal with missing fonts, especially when working with files from multiple contributors. One approach that might help is creating a standardised workflow for fonts within your team or organisation.

I use Connect Fonts which adds 'font sense' to the fonts which enables to be activate and deactivate automaically and has a plugin directly to the Adobe Apps which suits me, means I can have 100s of the same font, say Myriad Pro variations, or Helvetica variations, and the App can turn on the right one depending on the document

There are other tools like Suitcase Fusion or FontBase can help manage, activate, and deactivate fonts on demand, reducing the clutter of conflicting installations.

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What font policies do you have now? Have you established a list of preferred or allowed fonts for projects and share this with everyone involved?

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Maybe for team projects, you can save fonts in the 'Document fonts' folder within the project package, ensuring everyone working on the project has access. (As noted earlier this won't work for Adobe Fonts or subscription fonts.)

Maybe a script could help identify missing fonts and notify you in bulk. There could be a way to maybe script the fonts being used get saved to a text file or something like that so the next person can activate or find the right fonts used.

Just some ideas.

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