Missing font that doesn't exist

[scasella99]

Here's the usual, IMac G5, OS X 10.3.9, Indesign CS.

I am working on manuscript. I am placing word files (from a pc user) on my paste board. I remove all the stuff I need to, I use find and replace for all the foreign fonts with what I'm using, remove all the styles brought in by the word file. I have certain fonts that in the find and replace info window say they exist on page: NONE, they are no where to be found but I cannot replace the font. I have run tests: created a new file with the template I have to use (which is free of missing fonts), I have placed everything in from the library and got no missing font errors, I have brought in all the word files and placed them, replaced all the fonts, come up with missing unreplaceable font. Then I proceeded to remove every bit of text from my text file, master pages, closed library, removed all text form document and paste board, deleted all character and paragraph fonts, and I still come up with missing univers italic, which is a pc font not the mac version I have. There are others but I will stick with just one.

How can I get this font replaced, I've tried replaciing it with the univers 55 oblique nothing works and we cannot send the files out this way. Any suggestions?

Please and thanks
Sandra

 

[jimoblak]

When you try the find/replace font function, are you using the button that takes you to the first instance that the font is used? What is displayed there in the document?

- - I hope this helps - -
[sub](Complain to someone else if it doesn't)[/sub]

 

[vakohles]

Have you checked your Masterpages as well?

You may already be doing this and this is redundant but here you go:

1) Insert your file into InDesign
2) Don't remove Styles yet
3) Go to File > Preflight
4) Click on Fonts > Find Fonts
4a) Select the fonts which are occuring that you do not have, or do not want and then choose the Find Next button under Done (Select only one Fonts in Document at a time) . . . The troublesome ones will most likely show you a blank text box that houses the obscure font. Then in the Font Family Select what you want to replace it with and the Font Style.
5) Select Change All
5) Rinse and Repeat

If you are still having issues affter all of this I recommend you unformat (remove the formatting from the PC Word file) outside of InDesign. . . Then bring it into the InDesign file. Make sure there are no Styles for Characters or Paragraphs - then do steps 3-5 again.

HTH!



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