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December 22, 2016
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Wingdings 2 and 3 converting to Wingdings OTF when I package file and fonts not found when opening that file

  • December 22, 2016
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I have a book where I used Wingdings 2 and Wingdings 3 (TT fonts) in a table that uses lots of symbols. When I packaged the file it converted them all to Wingdings OTF and of course I get font not found.  I can't do a global change as some are WD2 and some are WD3.  I even tried saving the final DRAFT into the packaged folder as the final file and it still changed them.  I can save all day long in the main job folder and they stay WD2 and WD3.  These folders are all on my hard drive so it's not like I'm saving to a computer that doesn't have the WD2 and WD3 fonts loaded.  How can I get them to remain WD2 and WD3 in the final packaged print file?

InDesign CC 2017 in Windows 7 Pro

Thanks,

Dave

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    Correct answer winterm

    Is this before or after you have actually performed the packaging? Mine looks fine before but if I open the packaged file and try again then it shows the problem.


    Win7, ID 8.1 (CS6). Wingdings 2 and Wingdings 3 - both version 1.55. Screenshots would be identical to those of Ellis home, no need to post. Everything's fine before and after packaging, fonts copied and recognized properly.

    Likely it's not a common bug, something's wrong on your side.

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    bump_and_runAuthor
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    August 1, 2017

    Update.  Don't know how, but I had version 5.03 of Wingdings 2 & 3 and version 2.55 of Wingdings.  I found a computer at work that had 1.5 of 2 & 3 and 5 of Wingdings and I replaced mine.  Works fine now.

    Steve Werner
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    Steve WernerCommunity Expert
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    December 22, 2016

    I'm sorry, but there's no way that packaging an InDesign file could convert your fonts from TrueType to OpenType. It's simply not possible.

    I can't tell how you managed to find the wrong fonts, but there is no font conversion software built into InDesign.

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    bump_and_runAuthor
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    December 22, 2016

    I have been doing this for more than 20 years, I'm not mistaken about what is happening. Everything I described above is happening.

    BobLevine
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    BobLevineCommunity Expert
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    December 22, 2016

    When you load Wingdings TTF on a Windows machine it actually loads 2 fonts (Wingdings 2 and Wingdings 3). The font "Wingdings" isn't actually available, only the numbered versions. When I look at the fonts in my file it shows all 3 (Wingdings, Wingdings 2, and Wingdings 3) as being in the file even though I can't actually choose Wingdings without a number. When I package the file or save a file into the packaged folder it ABSOLUTELY DOES convert "Wingdings (TTF)" to Wingdings (OTF) and all of the Wingding 2 and Wingding 3 instances now show as just Wingdings (OTF) so I can't do a global change.

    Fonts before packaging

    Fonts after packaging


    Where are these fonts from?

    And I think you’re using incorrect terminology. It might be a packaging error where the wrong font is being packaged. That is not a font conversion.

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