Limit font choice in indesign?

Hi,
Does anyone know if it's possible to limit which fonts show as a choice to use in indesign?
So if I had a list of 30 fonts to be available to use in indesign, I can only have them as a font choice in the indesign font drop down menu. So, no system fonts appear in the menu.
If indesign doesn't give this choice, maybe there is a plug-in?
Regards, Tim

gsmichaels wrote:
My wife has told her staff that they are only to use 6 pt and 8pt sizes of a particular font (or fonts) for a particular type of project. She also wants to limit spacing options between lines/paragraphs to one or two options.
One user seems unable to conform. Would it be possible for her, as Admin., to use the plug in(s) referenced or some other technique, to pre-set/limit the font/spacing choices for the licensed user who can't seem to format correctly?
The issue is project specific, but the projects are huge and frequent, so the setting would be used or useful again and again. I believe she has upgraded all licences to ID/ CS6.
thanks
I don't know if it's possible to limit a project that's been packaged to use only the fonts in the document fonts folder that's created when packaging; perhaps someone on the forum can say how to, if it's so.
However, as others have said, a team member who doesn't play by the team rules isn't a teammate. Rather than complete dismissal, it may be possible to reassign the person to projects that don't need this limitation, unless, of course, the same disregard for, or inability to follow, the rules isn't limited to just this one type of project. It might help to offer the person the opportunity to repay the costs of inspecting the files for rules violations and the costs of repairing them, as an alternative to being dismissed.
Seriously, this isn't professional behavior.
Regards,
Peter
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