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designer1955
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October 8, 2018
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annoying system font minion pro

  • October 8, 2018
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Hi everyone. I frequently use minion to produce books. But with search and replace every time i choose minion Indesign decides i want to look for minion pro. Which is not the case. Can anyone tell me how i can remove minion pro as a system font? Because i think thats the problem. Maybe i am wrong....

Any help would be appreciated...

greetings peter

Indesign cc2018 Imac High Sierra 10.13.6/suitcase

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    Correct answer Steve Werner

    You're confusing a system font with a default InDesign font.

    A system font is one used by your operating system and can't (or shouldn't) be changed. You can change your default InDesign font.

    The easiest way to do this is to close all InDesign documents. Select the Type tool. You'll see that the current default font is Minion Pro. You can change it to anything else.

    If you get a free Lynda.com subscription and search for the "InDesign Secrets" video series, #351 by Anne-Marie Concepcion gives you some alternate ways (good and bad) for doing this.

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    Ylva Arvidsson
    New Participant
    January 16, 2022

    I also really would like to get rid of the minion pro default, but I cannot open idesign without having a project up too. Not in the version I have, the newest. It drives me crazy and is adding a lot of work for me. So please, can someone help me!

    Have been looking for answers far too long now...

     

    best regards ylva

    Derek Cross
    Derek Cross
    Community Expert
    January 16, 2022

    Hi Ylva

    Welcome to the forum.

    To change your default font, size and more, just select the font and size etc you want, without any document open, then close and reopen InDesign. 

    Voila!

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    Ylva Arvidsson
    New Participant
    January 16, 2022
    Thank you, but it is the "voila" part that does not happen I am afraid.
    I cannot get to open Indesign without an open document.

    When I close all my dokuments/projects, I get put back to the "welcome, choose your file to open"kind of page.

    So do you or anyone else know how to bypass that?

    Best regards and thank you so much for trying to help me out 🙂

    Aunt Ylva from Sweden
    in a red timber house in the middle of the forest
    Steve Werner
    Steve WernerCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    October 8, 2018

    You're confusing a system font with a default InDesign font.

    A system font is one used by your operating system and can't (or shouldn't) be changed. You can change your default InDesign font.

    The easiest way to do this is to close all InDesign documents. Select the Type tool. You'll see that the current default font is Minion Pro. You can change it to anything else.

    If you get a free Lynda.com subscription and search for the "InDesign Secrets" video series, #351 by Anne-Marie Concepcion gives you some alternate ways (good and bad) for doing this.

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      designer1955Author
      Inspiring
      October 8, 2018

      Thanx a lot Steve! It is indeed solving my problem! Appreciate it!

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