Greek Fonts in InDesign

Question

I use an Apple iMac with OS 10.5 Leopard.  I do have Greek fonts available and they work well with MS WORD and other software.  BUT .... they will NOT work with InDesign CS3.  I can't type Greek letters directly on an InDesign page.  Also, I can't successfully Copy/Paste from a WORD document containing Greek letters.  This is a very serious handicap for writing anything related to math or science since Greek letters are so widely used as math and science symbols.  Does anyone know of a way to get around this problem?  Thanks in advance for help.  Carl Thomas

Answer 1

> I do have Greek fonts available and they work well with MS WORD and other software.  BUT .... they will NOT work with InDesign CS3.  I can't type Greek letters directly on an InDesign page.  Also, I can't successfully Copy/Paste from a WORD document containing Greek letters.
In what way do they not work? What happens when you input or paste Greek?
See the illustrated materials that follow below. 
NOTE .... these illustrations were missing from my initial query.  All of these included images were originally  .png  format - - "clipped" from my computer screen.  The text, however, is the same as initially.
Are you getting missing font messages? What Greek fonts are you using?
No error messages of any kind.  Just the "little squares" that you will see in the third illustration below. ........... I'm not adequately knowledgeable about the font business to know "what kind" of fonts these are.  My only knowledge is as illustrated below.
This works well with MS WORD also.  To get this Greek font, I used the following.  All these fonts ... plus lots more ... are available originally with my iMac.
When I Copy/Paste that short material from Text Edit over into InDesign CS3, I get the following.  Lots of little squares where the Greek letters should be.  I get the same results if I try to type directly into InDesign.  ....... Incidentally, I have no problems with typing the other languages and special fonts into InDesign.
INCIDENTALLY ........ I am able to "get around" this problem in a slow and ponderous manner.  .... select Special Characters below......  it would be much more convenient to use a keyboard typed input as with the other languages.
and then select from various displays as below.  Example:  the lower right corner offers the equivalent of the Greek letter phi .... but as an object that can be copied and inserted, rather than as a letter that can be typed.
Thanks for your initial responses.   I hope someone can suggest some way to  handle the Greek letter typing inyo InDesign in the same way that I can do the Greek letter typing into Text Edit and into Word.
Have a very good week end.
Carl  {Knoxville, Tennessee}