InDesign can load a standalone PS outline font when font managers cannot?

Hello:
Just curious if anyone can confirm that InDesign will successfully load a Postscript outline font if located in the file relative 'Document fonts' directory or if loaded in the InDesign*.app/Fonts directory.
I am used to seeing PS fonts work only when screen fonts are correctly paired with the printer font and did not realize InDesign has this ability. It is essentially making it's own screen version of the printer font on the fly.
I've run into this scenario now a number of times when client files are supplied for output.
If we try to use a font utility, the fonts won't load correctly, but if we put the PS outline in the InDesign/Fonts folder the app sees it and does not report it as missing.

Screen fonts? Printer fonts?
I feel like I just stepped back in time about 20 years.
Type 1 fonts (or as you refer to them Postscript) fonts should work just
fine if properly installed in the system or if found in the other
folders you mentioned. This is no different than if you were referring
to TrueType or OpenType fonts.
What "font utility" are you referring to and what operating system and
version of InDesign are you using?
Bob

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