EPS File problem

Hi,
I'm on a big problem right now with Indesign CS4.
I have an indesign file which contains many EPS files.
When i open this file and if my object is in standard display, i can see all texts of my eps file.
But if my object is in high display or if i export in PDF, many of the texts are replaced by square...
I tested on an other computer and it was OK ! All texts are visible... Something weird !
Do you have an idea ?
Thanks
Cyril

The problem lies elsewhere. Your image appears fine in my ID (CS4, Win7) and exports as expected.
The font *appears* to be embedded correctly, even though InDesign's Find Font refuses to show it. In the exported PDF, it's correctly identified as "Arial-BoldMT (Embedded Subset)".
cnadal38 wrote:But EPS files come from a client so i can't save files as .ai
Sure you can! In the post before that you said you could!
If the problem is that's a lot of extra work, simply ask your client for the original Illustrator files instead. This one was created with "Illustrator 15", which would be CS5 in current numbering. InDesign should be able to handle EPSes -- there has been a lot of discussions here both pro and con -- but in this case it would seem even while it's not the actual problem, using the AI solves it anyhow.

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