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Text is not visible

Community Beginner ,
Sep 07, 2020 Sep 07, 2020

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It happened very sudden with some of Indesign files. 
The text is completely gone, but the styles and hidden characters are visible. The text is here but I can't see it. I can see image and outlined text however.

It's not text wrap, I've trashed my perfomances and I've tried older version. Didn't work. Another strange thing is; if I try to paste text to the document with the text visibility issues the text also disappear.

It's not paragraph styles either, it was worked perfectly fine before. Another detail: the file is on a server, but if I download it on my pc the problem won't disappear unfortunately.

I'm really curious what the problem actually is. 






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Community Beginner , Oct 04, 2020 Oct 04, 2020

Hello. It was a server issue. I think because the content couldn't be linked/downloaded therefore the fonts (in my case) goes missing. 

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Sep 07, 2020 Sep 07, 2020

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If it isn't text wrap, could it be that the text color has been redefined? Not likely, I know, but it helps to rule out obvious problems.

Mike Witherell

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Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately that's not it. The image below has two different background color and the text color isnt changed (opacity and tint is 100%) 

It's a bit frustrating because the more files I open in indesign, the more this is happening. 

 

text_issue.jpg 

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Sep 07, 2020 Sep 07, 2020

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Sometimes a font can go grazy and cause unexpected results.

 

I'd click into the disappearing text, then Use the Edit>Edit in Story Editor menu command to see if the text is still there. It likely is, based on the uneven line breaks. Then I'd change it all to a different font and see if it re-appears, and use the Edit>Undo menu command to change it back and see if the missing type reverts and you can see your copy again.

 

Hope this helps,

 

Randy

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Are all of the files using the same type font or is this happening with multiple type fonts?

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Community Beginner ,
Sep 08, 2020 Sep 08, 2020

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Thank you for your reply.
This is happening with all the fonts. I am using the latest version of Indesign 2020 (15.1.2)

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What version of InDesign and what operating system are you using? I have seen reports of what sounds like similar behavior in a version of InDesign CC 2019. If you do not have the most recent version of InDesign try updating. 

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Adobe Employee ,
Oct 04, 2020 Oct 04, 2020

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Hi there,

 

I would like to know if the steps suggested above worked for you, or the issue still persists.

Kindly update the discussion if you still need assistance with it.

 

Thanks,

Srishti

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Hello. It was a server issue. I think because the content couldn't be linked/downloaded therefore the fonts (in my case) goes missing. 

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Preflight didn't make notice of anything BTW.

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