Is it possible to reinstall Symbol dfont into the system folder?

Since updating to Snow Leopard, there is no Symbol dfont in the system folder. I have been relying on this font for sometime now to avoid special character issues.
I use InDesign and this font has become essential for my work. The Symbol font now supplied with the OSX ver.6 (Symbol.ttf) is noticeably different.
Is there a way of reloading Symbol dfont into the system folder without it becoming a nightmare? Or, can I replace the current Symbol font?

This is one of those infamous Apple "invisible" fonts that are not removable.
Other than those in the ProtectedFonts folder (not invisible, just difficult to find), their are no "invisible" fonts on the hard drive.
The only Symbol font installed by Snow Leopard is the Symbol.ttf font in the /System/Library/Fonts/ folder.
You can try removing it, and it will seem to go away, but somehow it keeps showing up.
What did you do after removing it? How did you remove it?
If you simply dragged it to the trash, that won't work. Only a copy of the font will go in the trash, or desktop, or wherever you drag it. To delete any font from the System folder, you must choose Delete and enter your admin password.
After that, it's still not gone. Even in the trash, any font from the System folder remains active (you can't even empty the trash) until you at least restart the Mac.
You may still have issues after installing Symbol.dfont from Leopard if the OS, or applications use the cached data for the .ttf version instead of creating fresh data for the replacement font.
Close all running applications. From an administrator account, open the Terminal app and enter the following command. You can also copy/paste it from here into the Terminal window:
sudo atsutil databases -remove
This removes all font cache files. Both for the system and all user font cache files. After running the command, close Terminal and immediately restart your Mac.
Once the Snow Leopard version of Symbol is truly off the drive, you should have no trouble using the .dfont version from Leopard.

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