Is it possible to insert coloured glyphs with InDesign CS5?

I write about card games and use (multiple) red 'heart' and 'diamond' symbols. If it is not possible to insert coloured glyphs, can anyone suggest a quick way of getting around this problem (other than copy/paste)? Many thanks, Zeb

Sandee,
Do you actually load a typeface (cardshark bold, perhaps) and then press a key (h or d) to make the heart or diamond? Then all you need are a character style for red and a GREP style to automatically change the letter h in cardshark bold to the character style.
Uh -- no. Under those circumstances it would not work. A GREP style can change all letters 'h' and 'd' to red, but not "just those in cardshark bold". This would only work if this font has been applied in a paragraph style that also has the GREP style added.
It does work, however, with non-Symbol fonts such as Arial Unicode MS, where you'd insert the correct glyphs via the Glyphs palette. This works because the heart and diamond glyphs are encoded into Unicode.

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