Find/Replace fonts

I have a document that has a contains a font I don't have on my system. Upon opening the document, I'm presented with a screen informing me that this font is missing, and giving me the option to replace it with something similar. When trying to replace the fonts, I get an alert box saying, "Some text was on a locked layer and the font could not be replaced." So I go into the document and maticulously select each piece of text and change it manually. I cannot find any layers that are locked.
After making the changes, I save the file and close it. Then, when I reopen it, I'm still asked to replace a missing font!?! I've gone through every bit of the file and cannot find a single instance in which this "missing" font is used.
Does Illustrator have some slick way of locating the missing font in the document?
(I'm using Illustrator CS5.5)
Thanks.

You can ulock all layers with on comamnd fomr the layers flyout menu >> unlaock all layer. That command only is availabel if you have a layer locked, otherewise you will nto find that available.
Also do a object >> unlock all. This unlocks any individually locked itmes, regardless of the layer they were on.
1000+ layers: never seen a file with so many layers, someone must have spent alot of time on this file.

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Dale,
As I said, I like it too.
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"... find/replace italics ..."
Ahh, sorry. You don't.
(in context of a word processing like activity).
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Well, that't keep one out of mischief.
Be well...
Message was edited by: CtDave

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+PS: Hello, and welcome to Apple Support Discussions forums!+
Good luck & happy computing!
+{ edited }+

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I did it manually in one of the files and imported to the other files.
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Com

Hi,
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ttf-isabella 1.003-2
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i too get the same error that no suitable fonts could be found. I installed all the fonts mentioned in this thread. My Section "Files" looks like this:
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/encodings"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/util
EndSection
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greetings koelle

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Wonder if you kind knowledgeable folks can help me with a Find/Replace question.
I am doing a data merge of a book contents into indesign, where my data merge file is a straightforward text csv file which is tab delimited. I have two (almost similar) things I would like to do to specific parts of the text but don't know how to achieve this.
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two solutions.
for the italic solution, i'd say the OP answered his own question with one exception - don't use dollar symbols, instead use = or another character which isn't reserved by GREP.
the solution i would use for italics would be a GREP search once the merge is complete. have a look at the picture to see what i've done.
the second solution: GREP styles.
this assumes that the text will have a paragraph style assigned to it. make a character style called BOLD and within that style, the only thing to change is within basic character formats, make the font style bold. could even make the character another colour such as cyan so it is more easily idenfiable.
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When I started my company, I had a company logo and website designed for me by another company. This company doesn't exist anymore and all I have left are the source files of my logo and website. They delivered me the logo in PNG format. I am trying to make different sizes and shapes of my logo, but when I open the PNG file in Fireworks (CS5), it says that the font is missing, so whether I want to replace the font or keep appearance. How can I find out which font was used in the original PNG file? When I select the text, the font selection box is empty, so I cannot see which font was originally used...
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Hi Linda,
I tried it and you are right. I kept trying to preserve the appearance. Never tried the replace fonts option!
Thank you very much for your help!!
Steven

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