Missing fonts in snow leopard

I have a new macbook pro up to date with updates, etc and have been using it very happily.
I use iworks and have found that a whole raft of fonts that were previously used by me are no longer even shown in the fonts options.
I have searched the internet and fora a lot an found that people have similar problems but have found no definitive answer as yet.
Could someone please point me in the right direction?
This is the last kind of problem I would have expected.
Pete Snowdon

Ask in the Pages forum and give some details about what you are missing.
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1302

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