InDesign treats ttf font as otf

Hi,
I'm having a problem with the font Wingdings in InDesign. I have it installed as ttf on my computer, i searched through my harddrives and there's no otf version of that font anywhere. Still, when I open InDesign and use the font Wingdings, in the font selection list it comes up with the otfsymbol on the left side (instead of the TT that's used for ttf fonts).
I'm workning on a project together with another person. When I open his file it says that the font Wingdings (TT) is missing. When he opens my file he gets the message Wingdings (OTF) is missing. He gets this message even when I package the indd-file together with all used fonts. I have no idea how to solve this problem so any help is appreciated.
The main issue is that the right fonts are not attached when I package the file. I'm wondering if this will cause a problem when the I send the file to be printed?

I had this same problem when i updated one of our macs to new model, i had cs4 runnning on both macs, one g5 running tiger one g5 running snow leopard, when i opened the same job on each computer i had font differences, same as your getting.
MY SOLUTION .... i found that if i uninstalled the fonts and then re-installed the fonts using FontBook on both computers the problem disappears was fixed.
Let me know how you get on
(also if you add the fonts directly into indesign fonts folder this sometimes clears the problem)
All the best
Andy barrington
www.professionalaffordabledesign.com
Professional-Affordable-Design

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