ID doesn't see fonts

I am on a mac running 10.4.11. To manage fonts I put them in Users: (User): Library: Fonts. For some reason now CS3 and CS4 aren't seeing fonts in this location.
It seems to be just InDesign, Quark still sees the fonts (that does not make me a Quark fan though, just to clarify)
I tried a few things, clearing out caches, repairing permissions, rebooting several times. I even trashed all the ID prefs. I must be missing something.
My temporary workaround is putting fonts in Library: App Support: Adobe: Fonts. This works but I'd still like things back to normal. Thanks for your help.

At a large NYC ad agency, they ran into similar problems and tried some of the advice that has been given on this forum. One solution worked better than all the rest:
Smasher from Insider Software
In addition to handling more problem cases than the usual solutions, it also runs in the background and does automatic preventive font maintenance. Nothing else I've run across seems to do that.
Here's a review of the product:
http://planetquark.com/2008/02/22/smasher-16-worth-having/
Good luck!
Pete

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