InDesign ignoring open fonts

We're using InDesign CS2. Occasionally, InDesign will ignore a font that Suitcase says is open normally. Usually, we restart the computer and everything is fine.
On more than one occasion, this restart process has not worked. Neither has clearing the font cache. The only solution to these has been to work on the job on a different computer.
In all of these cases, we have worked on this file with InDesign using this font on the same system successfully before. Often, on the same day! It will work in the morning, we'll work on something else, and it won't work in the afternoon.
Also, often these "ignored" fonts are part of font families, so the bold and the italic might work fine, but the roman is ignored.
Has anyone else encounter this? If so, any solutions?

For the last few years, I've seen the same thing. Suitcase and InDesign work fine for part of the day, then in the afternoon Suitcase begins to balk at working properly. I always restart Suitcase and that cures the problem.

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