InDesign CS5 / 5.5 EPUBs and EpubCheck

Hi everyone,
It is known among EPUB book developers that from CS5 version, InDesign ophuscates embedded fonts in EPUB export, using its own Adobe algorythm for that.
That makes EPUBs work fine in most eReaders, but makes standard EpubCheck tool fail to validate them, because it only admits IDPF encryption of fonts, as far as I know.
Does anyone here if this issue is fixed, somehow? It is becoming a bottleneck and a headache for many ebook designers using InDesign!
Thanks !!
Ignacio.
[email protected]
http://publicarendigital.com

Thanks Steve,
Yes I know. Actually I know Liz Castro personally
But thing is that prior versions of InDesign tried to choose whether embed fonts or not, or just embed "embeddable" fonts. At least you could choose what to embed or what not. Now, it is all or nothing, embed everything of nothing at all.
Actually if you open EPUB and change slightly one single line of the font encryption, epubcheck works fine but then all of your styles are blown up !
It is a pity because InDesign ophuscated EPUBs work fine in iBooks, eReaders, and so on... but most Publishers requiere epubcheck 100% pass or they systematically reject your work...
Crazy!
Thanks again

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Process:         Adobe InDesign CS5 [11565]
Path:            /Applications/Adobe InDesign CS5/Adobe InDesign CS5.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe InDesign CS5
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Version:         7.0.4.553 (7040)
Code Type:       X86 (Native)
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User ID:         501
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Report Version: 10
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67 com.adobe.InDesign.Widgets              0x0e995fc0 GetPlugIn + 223472
68 PublicLib.dylib                         0x0117982b CScrapSuite_Extensible::Paste(IClipboardController*, IControlView*, short) + 219
69 com.adobe.InDesign.Application UI          0x0d3d1ff4 0xd3af000 + 143348
70 com.adobe.InDesign.Application UI          0x0d3d2f05 0xd3af000 + 147205
71 com.adobe.InDesign.Application UI          0x0d3d0abc 0xd3af000 + 137916
72 com.adobe.InDesign.Application UI          0x0d433632 GetPlugIn + 217730
73 com.adobe.InDesign.Actions              0x13d30de3 GetPlugIn + 11699
74 com.adobe.InDesign.Actions              0x13d1eccc 0x13d1d000 + 7372
75 WidgetBinLib.dylib                      0x02880334 MDefaultEH::KeyboardShortcut(IEvent*) + 484
76 WidgetBinLib.dylib                      0x0287fb34 CDefaultEH::KeyDown(IEvent*) + 148
77 WidgetBinLib.dylib                      0x02880133 MDefaultEH::KeyDown(IEvent*) + 163
78 PublicLib.dylib                         0x01184bee CEventDispatcher::DispatchToEventHandlers(IEvent*) + 222
79 PublicLib.dylib                         0x011846a8 CEventDispatcher::DispatchEvent(IEvent*, IEvent::SystemHandledState) + 24
80 com.adobe.InDesign.Application UI          0x0d446b99 GetPlugIn + 296937
81 com.adobe.InDesign.Application UI          0x0d4445dc GetPlugIn + 287276
82 com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x9995cb6b _InvokeEventHandlerUPP(OpaqueEventHandlerCallRef*, OpaqueEventRef*, void*, long (*)(OpaqueEventHandlerCallRef*, OpaqueEventRef*, void*)) + 36
83 com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x997e4594 DispatchEventToHandlers(EventTargetRec*, OpaqueEventRef*, HandlerCallRec*) + 1343
84 com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x997e3980 SendEventToEventTargetInternal(OpaqueEventRef*, OpaqueEventTargetRef*, HandlerCallRec*) + 430
85 com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x997f7855 SendEventToEventTarget + 88
86 com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x998178b2 ToolboxEventDispatcherHandler(OpaqueEventHandlerCallRef*, OpaqueEventRef*, void*) + 2392
87 com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x997e4a3f DispatchEventToHandlers(EventTargetRec*, OpaqueEventRef*, HandlerCallRec*) + 2538
88 com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x997e3980 SendEventToEventTargetInternal(OpaqueEventRef*, OpaqueEventTargetRef*, HandlerCallRec*) + 430
89 com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x997f7855 SendEventToEventTarget + 88
90 com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x997d9077 SendTSMEvent + 75
91 com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x997d8b0b SendUnicodeTextAEToUnicodeDoc + 745
92 com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x997d8704 TSMKeyEvent + 980
93 com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x998281e5 TSMProcessRawKeyEvent + 3102
94 com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x99868ec5 HandleCompatibilityKeyEvent + 323
95 com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x997e0aba HIApplication::EventHandler(OpaqueEventHandlerCallRef*, OpaqueEventRef*, void*) + 7318
96 com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x9995cb6b _InvokeEventHandlerUPP(OpaqueEventHandlerCallRef*, OpaqueEventRef*, void*, long (*)(OpaqueEventHandlerCallRef*, OpaqueEventRef*, void*)) + 36
97 com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x997e4594 DispatchEventToHandlers(EventTargetRec*, OpaqueEventRef*, HandlerCallRec*) + 1343
98 com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x997e3980 SendEventToEventTargetInternal(OpaqueEventRef*, OpaqueEventTargetRef*, HandlerCallRec*) + 430
99 com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x997e37ca SendEventToEventTargetWithOptions + 94
100 com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x9981738c ToolboxEventDispatcherHandler(OpaqueEventHandlerCallRef*, OpaqueEventRef*, void*) + 1074
101 com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x997e4a3f DispatchEventToHandlers(EventTargetRec*, OpaqueEventRef*, HandlerCallRec*) + 2538
102 com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x997e3980 SendEventToEventTargetInternal(OpaqueEventRef*, OpaqueEventTargetRef*, HandlerCallRec*) + 430
103 com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x997f7855 SendEventToEventTarget + 88
104 com.adobe.InDesign.AppFramework          0x0bb62fd5 0xbb60000 + 12245
105 com.adobe.InDesign.AppFramework          0x0bb884fa GetPlugIn + 14282
106 com.adobe.InDesign                      0x0000288b main + 187
107 com.adobe.InDesign                      0x000027a6 start + 54
Log 2:
Process:         Adobe InDesign CS5 [745]
Path:            /Applications/Adobe InDesign CS5/Adobe InDesign CS5.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe InDesign CS5
Identifier:      com.adobe.InDesign
Version:         7.0.4.553 (7040)
Code Type:       X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [142]
User ID:         501
Date/Time:       2013-05-07 15:00:42.593 -0700
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.8.2 (12C60)
Report Version: 10
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS)
Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x0000000000000000
VM Regions Near 0:
--> __PAGEZERO             0000000000000000-0000000000001000 [    4K] ---/--- SM=NUL /Applications/Adobe InDesign CS5/Adobe InDesign CS5.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe InDesign CS5
    __TEXT                 0000000000001000-0000000000005000 [   16K] r-x/rwx SM=COW /Applications/Adobe InDesign CS5/Adobe InDesign CS5.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe InDesign CS5
Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0   com.adobe.InDesign.Text                 0x0ff26f59 GetPlugIn + 1072585
1   com.adobe.InDesign.Text                 0x0ff2c0eb GetPlugIn + 1093467
2   com.adobe.InDesign.Text                 0x0ff2c1ef GetPlugIn + 1093727
3   com.adobe.InDesign.Text                 0x0ff2c2c7 GetPlugIn + 1093943
4   DataBaseLib.dylib                       0x010fd89f InterfaceSnapshot::ResetObjectToSnapshot(IDataBase*, IPMUnknown*, IDType<SnapshotID_tag>, ISnapshotCache*, scoped_lastrevinfodataref&) + 575
5   ObjectModelLib.dylib                    0x01063b80 0x1038000 + 179072
6   ObjectModelLib.dylib                    0x01070eb8 ShuksanInit(IStartupScreen* (*)(), IPlugIn*) + 23784
7   DataBaseLib.dylib                       0x010ce158 0x10c9000 + 20824
8   com.adobe.InDesign.Text                 0x0ff2e909 GetPlugIn + 1103737
9   com.adobe.InDesign.Text                 0x1004932e GetPlugIn + 2261406
10 com.adobe.InDesign.Text                 0x0fe3fcba GetPlugIn + 125738
11 com.adobe.InDesign.Text                 0x0fe400ff GetPlugIn + 126831
12 com.adobe.InDesign.Text                 0x0fec3876 GetPlugIn + 665318
13 PublicLib.dylib                         0x01164422 Command::DoImmediate(short) + 34
14 com.adobe.InDesign.Utilities            0x0ce3baa3 0xce3a000 + 6819
15 com.adobe.InDesign.Utilities            0x0ce3bccc 0xce3a000 + 7372
16 com.adobe.InDesign.AppFramework          0x0bb7a688 0xbb60000 + 108168
17 com.adobe.InDesign.AppFramework          0x0bb6cf11 0xbb60000 + 53009
18 com.adobe.InDesign.AppFramework          0x0bb62f0e 0xbb60000 + 12046
19 com.adobe.InDesign.AppFramework          0x0bb884fa GetPlugIn + 14282
20 com.adobe.InDesign                      0x0000288b main + 187
21 com.adobe.InDesign                      0x000027a6 start + 54

Thanks, Peter.
The "link related" and "text related" crashes were what I interpretted here, too, though I'm at a loss on how to proceed given that this is a fresh system and applications. This is happening with multiple InDesign projects in a design office environment where many others work on the same files and none of the other computers are having problems with these files. I've removed the same files listed (thank you for those) before and did so effectively with creating the new user account to test with, but it had no effect. I just tried again though, as these files could easily have becone corrupt again if they were being written to when InDesign crashed. Will let you know if that makes any difference. I've also gone through and completely cleaned out the fonts again and once more cleared the font caches. If need be I'll reboot this system into safe mode and try that way.
Best,
Mike

Indesign CS5.5 cannot open CS5.5 indesign file

Hello all,
I created an InDesign CS5.5 file yesterday and today i can't open it anymore from the officer server.
When the file is on the server at the office and i try to open it, a pop-up shows this:
"Cannot open the file "filename.indd". Adobe InDesign may not support the file format, a plug-in that supports the file format may be missing, or the file may be open in another application".
It doesn't work for any other InDesign files on the server neither and it is not open in another application or on another computer at the office.
When i transfer that file on my desktop it works fine, but i can't work that way at the office of course.
Has someone an answer to that ?
Thank you,
Thierry
--------------------------------------------- EDIT ---------------------------------------------
For all who have this error, restart your machine and it works fine!
Cheers,
Thierry

Since you've shown us the folder contents it's a good bet it isn't in use (no lock file). And it doesn't look like the file is mis-named as there doesn't seem to be anything else there that would be the .indd file (but just in case, open it in TextEdit and paste the first few lines here so we can see what the file header says), so the most likely case is the file is damaged. Is that on a removable device of some sort?
You can try the tool at Repair corrupt InDesign Adobe files on Mac OS X or send me a link to the file by private message and I'll try the recovery tool I have for Windows.

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