Missing Fonts ... I don't care about them

Question

Hi all,
I recently redid my CV in Pages - importing some text from a Word doc.
I then edited it, applied styles (which is an awesome implementation, btw) and saved it.
However, whenever I open it I get the Missing Fonts message: Windings and Century Gothic. Now, I presume I had these with Office v.X. The thing is I don't care to reload them on my system now.
What I'd like is to be able to open this pages document without the warnings.
I have tried selecting all the text and changing it to one font only (Optima for example) and then saving - but I still get the Missing Fonts warning even when I open that file.
Any ideas?
TIA.
Anthony.
iMac 20-inch: 2GHz Intel Core Duo   Mac OS X (10.4.6)  

Answer 1

Hullo Anthony:
Look I don't mean to be contrary, but so far as I'm
aware, whatever you like or don't about a given font
is just not the issue here. And really, the simplest
way to completely avoid your problem is to reload the
fonts involved where Pages can find them. That's in
the user or system libraries. First check, though,
with Spotlight, whether in fact you've completely
deinstalled them from your previous MS usage. They
could still be there, but not on a path that Pages
can see. If so, bring them up, then drag them onto
your desktop, and from there into the fonts folder of
either of those libraries. Select and double-click
them, and you'll get a small Font Book screen that
will invite you to install them. Do it.
If you've managed to clean them out, then reload
either your original MS Office or the trial from your
Mac bundle. Never mind if the trial date has expired,
the fonts will still load, and you'll still be able
to access, move, and install them as I've described.
If their presence annoys you, try creating a
collection, say MS fonts, that you needn't ever open,
but that Pages will find to give up these messages.
Not saying there wouldn't be other ways. Just that
hacking around to find them wouldn't be worth the
trouble. Somehow, Pages has imported a demand for
these fonts, even though you've changed them (it
keeps a record, regardless). You just might find that
multiple openings would get rid of the issue - as
rotating logs, for example for the undo and backup
functions, get rid of it: but I'd be guessing, and so
would you. The simplest sure-fire way is to "feed the
beast". Put them back, and your problem's gone.
Had the same strife with Verdana. Hate sans-serifs,
frankly. But what the: gee am I allowed to say that
any more? Point is, the effort you'd spend on putting
them back is miniscule compared to the hacking you'd
have to do to solve the problem otherwise. And to
compensate for the effort, once you've learned to
move fonts you have lying about into the folders that
Pages looks at, you can grab other fonts you might
well enjoy. Like the display fonts in Appleworks that
Pages can display far better, or the sometimes
worthwhile fonts (like Times New Roman) that came
with MS Office and its trial version.
I can also tell you that I've taken what I want from
MS and Appleworks, but wouldn't have chosen your
missing fonts either. But they're there: so I take it
they come with Pages - or else with OsX itself.
I also got rid of Brush Script once - thinking I'd
never use it. But it lurked somewhere in the system:
the default for a gizmo I'd never used. Well I know
somewhere it hides, now. But that mightn't be the
only place - so now I leave it alone. Likewise, your
missing fonts could lurk anywhere: in the help, the
keyboard shortcuts, or the typefaces of pop-up menus.
If the Gorilla wants a banana, then give it a
banana.
Cheers.
iBook G4   Mac
OS X (10.4.6)  
Hi Max,
Great answer!
But the pedant in me is not satisfied. :\
I understand that the simple answer is to reload the fonts, but this is a new iMac that I have Pages installed on, and Office has never touched it ... so the issue about whether or not I correctly deinstalled them previously is a non issue. Additonally Spotlight can't locate the fonts, so I know they are not on my system.
I'm inclined to agree with your suggestion that Pages has imported a demand for them when I was cutting and pasting text from my old resumé. It's just that I should be able to find the reference for these fonts in my document and eliminate them. I think that is the thing that bugs me most.
Anyway, I do appreciate you taking the time to write such a well put together response. Sensible, it was, too. But when confronted with problems like this, I find my capacity for pragmatism goes out the window. My frustration lies not with the Missing Fonts message itself, but more the fact that I can't work out why the Missing Fonts message is appearing and why I can't prevent it from popping up.
Hmmm ... Gorilla doesn't get the banana just yet.