Unicode font incompatibility in Indesign

[hareesh72686320]

I'm using Adobe Creative Suite Mac version and want to know as why Unicode font does not work on Indesign. When I copy and paste UC text from MS Word  to Indesign it converts into box symbols. Could I find a perfect solution for this problem please?

Thanks!

[Eugenio.NYC]

Hi there

What font you are using (OpenType, TrueType, TypeKit, PS)?

Mac PC?

Did you change the preference of clipboard handling?

Regards

E

[Jongware]

InDesign treats fonts with a bit more respect than Microsoft Word. If you enter a character in Word that is not available in the current font, it selects another font on its own. It does not tell you what it used, though, and you cannot know if it did, and if you knew, you cannot change that font to something else.

InDesign only shows the characters that are actually available in the font. My bet is that you need to select another font to see what you entered.

This has nothing to do with Unicode – that works the same, in Word and in InDesign.

[badasschickphoto]

I also would like this colution. I can post this unicode character here:  

⤹

But if I do it in InDesign it wont copy, just displays a missing font box. I can even post it in the search box in the glyphs panel and it shows no results. Pretty frustrating as it works in notepad, html WYSIWG editors, etc. But not InDesign.

[Eugene Tyson]

This is because it's a glyph and not a font - so to speak.

Basically, InDesign can only display the glyphs available within the font. 

If that glyph doesn't exist - then you get a blank square.

A font that support this glyph is Cambria

There might be other fonts that have this glyph, you'd have to check your own fonts.

• Arial
• Times New Roman
• Calibri
• Verdana
• Cambria
• Georgia
• Helvetica
• Open Sans
• Roboto
• Lato

Might have the left arc clockwise arrows. 

[James Gifford—NitroPress]

I believe the forum-ware here has pretty much every language glyph available, which is not always the case. That is, what might post here is not necessarily much of a test.

Any font specified in ID has to have the relevant glyph, or it won't show. It's that simple/annoying. 🙂