Font changes in PDF form fields created in InDesign

I wasn't sure where to post this -- InDesign or Acrobat forum -- I created a lot of form fields in InDesign and when I exported to PDF, some of the form fields ended up using Times and some using Helvetica. When creating the fields in InDesign, I copied and pasted most of them to duplicate them and then changed their names, so it seems like they should all be using the same font.
I know how to later change the form field font in Acrobat, but it's not efficient to have to do that.
If anyone knows how to specify which font is used in an InDesign form field and make it stick in the resulting PDF, I hope you'll help me out.

Check if there is everything OK with the <ORACLE_HOME>\tools\Common90\uifont.ali file.
You can alias specific styles of font there. For example
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