Missing fonts message

When I open iWeb, I get a message saying some fonts have not been installed, to install them and then restart iWeb. The problem is I cannot find these fonts when I open my Font Book. Yet they were there before and indeed I can see them in the system/library/fonts file of the other user and in mine. How do I restore them? They are dfonts.
Many thanks
Maurice
IMac G5 (iSight) Mac OS X (10.4.5)

>I don't see any AdobeFnt*.lst files in my Fonts folder. But is that where to look?
No. They're scattered through all of the Adobe application folders. Do a search for AdobeFnt*.lst (using the *) and it should find them all. They get rebuilt automatically as required after deletion. Don't delete any file ending in .db.
Peter

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"Missing fonts" message when the fonts are *not* missing

I get the "Missing fonts" message fairly often for fonts that are not really missing. Then I have to specify the fonts that I used to create a given document, which are installed on my Windows XP system and have never left.
Has anyone else encountered this problem? Is there any way to stop it from recurring? It happens every so often, not every time I open a document but every once in a while. It involves a particular set of fonts (Geometric).
Any suggestions? Thanks.
Orson

>I don't see any AdobeFnt*.lst files in my Fonts folder. But is that where to look?
No. They're scattered through all of the Adobe application folders. Do a search for AdobeFnt*.lst (using the *) and it should find them all. They get rebuilt automatically as required after deletion. Don't delete any file ending in .db.
Peter

I get a "missing fonts" message even if fonts are installed

I work on a Keynotes document at my work office and bring it home at night to continue making corrections. Both computers have the same system (OS X 10.8.5) smae Kenotes version (5.3) and same fonts installed (Helvetica Neeu family and Joanna MT family). When I open my keynotes document on my home computer, I always get the "missing fonts" message as if they were not in my computer. I do get an option in that window to replace fonts by other ones but when I scroll down the menu, I only the family of fonts and can't access the different styles in that family.... Anyone had that problem????

Hi Gary,
Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, I have tried with a few version of Helvetica and have really made sure I brought the same fonts from the office to my mac (as well as Joanna MT). Fonts are not corrupted in Font Book and all software versions are up to date and similar from home to office.
So I'm wondering if it would have anything to do with the use of templates (masters) in Keynote. Our document is constructed on a custom template and when I bring the document to my mac at home, the templates follow the document... but maybe i need to reload them or something?
Anyways, I have decided to plan a meeting at my Apple Store with a Keynote specialist to show him the problem in person... Hope this will help resolve the issue.
Cheers,

Receiving 'Missing Font' message - but have font on my system; and no one can open my PDFs

I have just started using a new Ind template (developed by someone else). Everytime I go to open the .ind file I get a "Missing Font" error box that says my document "uses one or more fonts which are not currently available on your system." Specifically, the font the error message notes is "Univers 57 Condensed." But I do have that font on my system. I reinstalled all of my Univers fonts again just to be on the safe side, I upgraded from CS3 to CS4 and I updgraded my Acrobat for v6 to v9 and I am still having the issue. Now, I am able to create a PDF and I can open it myself no problem. But when I send the PDF to anyone else they can't open it, and then get an error message that says: "Cannot extract the embedded font 'GRCMCG+UniversLSTD-CN'. Does anyone have an idea as to what the issue may be - I don't know what else to try. Thank You!!!

If that's the case the font you've got installed is obviously seen as a different one than the one in the template by Indesign. Howver once you've used Find Font and saved the document you shouldn't get that warning again, right?
As to why other people can't open it I don't know.... I have had it in the past when a document is emailed that it gets damaged, could that be a possibility?

How do I find where a missing font was used?

For an example, download the Property Owner Application form from http://www.atlantahousing.org/housingchoice/landlords/index.cfm?Fuseaction=forms
When opened in LiveCycle Designer, I get a message that Kozuka Gothic Pro-VI M (Regular) is missing. I don't see a way of searching for a font in LiveCycle, so I opened it up in Illustrator, thinking I would get a missing font message ... but I didn't. And when opened in regular Acrobat and looking at the Properties > Fonts list, it doesn't appear there either.
It's not causing any problem that I can see, but I'd like to get rid of it. Or maybe this is a font used by the application for some special symbol? Anyone khow to find it, or what's going on?

Hi,
I haven't downloaded the form, but if you can open the form in LC Designer then go to the XML Source tab and do a search there for "Kozu". If the font is used, it will definetly show up in the XML Source. Note that while in XML Source you will be able to look up and down and identify the object that contains the font.
If you find it there, amend it for something else like Myriad Pro and see what happens.
Good luck,
Niall

Missing Fonts from CS6 - Namely Myriad

I have many templates for my work with typeset in Myriad, not MyriadPro. When I run CS6, everything works fine. Then I run the same file in CC and I get a missing font message from TypeKit and my font is gone. See attached screenshots. Please, I really need help solving this issue, otherwise I have no reason to have CC.
In CS6:
In CC:

Where was the font before? Do you have the font file someplace avaialble? Adobe apps don't remove fonts from the system, and they do need to be installed someplace to be available for use. Although there are quite a few fonts included and installed for you automatically when you install CS products, Caflisch Script is not one of them. http://www.adobe.com/type/browser/fontinstall/cs6installedfonts.html

Missing font in numbers

I created a spreadsheet in numbers on my mac and just entered one number in one cell with the font helvetica.
I then opened the spreadsheet on my ipad with no problems. I then closed the spreadsheet on my ipad and reopened it on my mac.
I then went to a neighboring cell and entered another number in the font calibri and saved the spreadsheet to the cloud.
When I opened the spreadsheet on my ipad I get the "Some changes were made to your spreadsheet" message saying the font calibri is missing.
Of ourse I can open the spreadsheet by clicking on open and the calibri text is converted to helvetica(calibri).
I closed the spreadsheet on the ipad and reopened it on the mac and changed the calibri text to helvetica.
No matter what I do, including deleting the column that the calibri cell was in, I cannot get rid of the spreadsheet details and error message. What can I do to be able to open a spreadsheet without getting the missing font message?
Also, I have a spreadsheet with 10 tabs on it that does the same thing. Is there any way to find out which cells have calibri in them.
iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)

I have found a little more detail about the problem.
I made another spreadsheet on my imac with the helvetica font in one cell and the charter font in another cell, closed it and then downloaded the spreadsheet from the cloud and opened it. Instead of the "some changes..." message, I got a box saying "Downloading fonts and assets" Then the sheet opened with no further problems or messages.
I tried it with the century font on my mac and got the dreaded "some changes..." message.
It appears to me that some fonts will download and some will not.
However, once the switch is tripped about a missing font, it apparently cannot be reset.

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I've been getting this missing font message when I open a book file:
The "Arial Black" Font is not available.
"Arial Black Heavy" will be used in this session.
Why are there font references in the book file (see .mif excerpt below)?
Why am I getting this message when Arial Black is installed, and Arial Black Heavy is not?
<Pgf
<PgfTag `GroupTitlesIX'>
<PgfUseNextTag No>
<PgfNextTag `'>
<PgfAlignment LeftRight>
<PgfFIndent 0.0">
<PgfLIndent 0.0">
<PgfRIndent 0.0">
<PgfFIndentRelative No>
<PgfFIndentOffset 0.0">
<PgfTopSeparator `'>
<PgfTopSepAtIndent No>
<PgfTopSepOffset 0.0">
<PgfBotSeparator `'>
<PgfBotSepAtIndent No>
<PgfBotSepOffset 0.0">
<PgfPlacement Anywhere>
<PgfPlacementStyle Normal>
<PgfRunInDefaultPunct `. '>
<PgfSpBefore 3.0 pt>
<PgfSpAfter 3.0 pt>
<PgfWithPrev No>
<PgfWithNext Yes>
<PgfBlockSize 1>
<PgfFont
 <FTag `'>
 <FFamily `Arial Black'>
 <FVar `Regular'>
 <FWeight `Regular'>
 <FAngle `Regular'>
 <FEncoding `FrameRoman'>
 <FSize 10.0 pt>
 <FUnderlining FNoUnderlining>
 <FOverline No>
 <FStrike No>
 <FChangeBar No>
 <FOutline No>
 <FShadow No>
 <FPairKern No>
 <FTsume No>
 <FCase FAsTyped>
 <FPosition FNormal>
 <FDX 0.0%>
 <FDY 0.0%>
 <FDW 0.0%>
 <FStretch 100.0%>
 <FLanguage USEnglish>
 <FLocked No>
 <FSeparation 5>
 <FColor `Headings'>
> # end of PgfFont
<PgfLineSpacing Fixed>
<PgfLeading 2.0 pt>
<PgfAutoNum No>
<PgfNumTabs 0>
<PgfHyphenate Yes>
<HyphenMaxLines 2>
<HyphenMinPrefix 2>
<HyphenMinSuffix 2>
<HyphenMinWord 5>
<PgfLetterSpace No>
<PgfMinWordSpace 75>
<PgfOptWordSpace 100>
<PgfMaxWordSpace 125>
<PgfMinJRomanLetterSpace 0>
<PgfOptJRomanLetterSpace 25>
<PgfMaxJRomanLetterSpace 50>
<PgfMinJLetterSpace 0>
<PgfOptJLetterSpace 0>
<PgfMaxJLetterSpace 10>
<PgfYakumonoType Floating>
<PgfAcrobatLevel 0>
<PgfPDFStructureLevel 1>
<PgfLanguage USEnglish>
<PgfCellAlignment Top>
<PgfCellMargins 0.0 pt 0.0 pt 0.0 pt 0.0 pt>
<PgfCellLMarginFixed No>
<PgfCellTMarginFixed No>
<PgfCellRMarginFixed No>
<PgfCellBMarginFixed No>
<PgfLocked No>
> # end of Pgf

You might want to read through these threads:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/1890146#1890146
http://forums.adobe.com/message/1871457#1871457
Check out the referenced MS Hotfix.

Missing Fonts Error

A lot of people post questions or frustrations about missing font errors in FrameMaker. FrameMaker reports missing fonts because it can be a big expensive deal if you miss the mistake when going to press.

Fixing the Missing Fonts Error This information is courtesy of Tim Murray. Check out his site: <a target="wander" href="http://www.techknowledgecorp.com">http://www.techknowledgecorp.com</a> and the Frame-specific help at <a target="wander" href="http://www.techknowledgecorp.com/help">http://www.techknowledgecorp.com/help</a>. The Problem <ul><li>You open a Frame file and the console reports that a font was not found, so another was substituted.</li> <li>You cannot generate a book because Frame tell you it can't properly open all the files.</li></ul> Load the font This is the obvious fix. "Don't care" solution In this solution, you are positive you never used the font, but even if you did, the substitution FrameMaker provides would be okay anyway. <ol><li>Close the file.</li> <li>Turn off the "Remember Missing Font Names" preference.</li> <li>Open the file (you will get the error again) and save. </li> <li>The next time you open the file, the message will be gone.</li></ol> "Programmed" solution Here you want to substitute the missing font for one that is different than the choice FrameMaker provides. <ol><li>Turn off the "Remember Missing Font Names" preference</li> <li>Exit FrameMaker.</li> <li>In a text editor (notepad.exe), open the maker.ini file.</li> <li>Edit the ini line "DefaultFamily=". In most cases it is Times New Roman, Times, Tms Rmn. Insert the font of choice at the front. For example:</li> DefaultFamily=NewCenturySchlbk, Times, Times New Roman, Tms Rmn You don't have to have anything after the first item, but it doesn't hurt. <li>Remove the changed font from your system either by turning it off in ATM or removing it from your Fonts folder.</li> <li>Add the new font. </li> <li>Open the FrameMaker file. FrameMaker's console should report that your original font is missing and the new font was substituted.</li> <li>Save the file. The change is done.</li></ol> When Font Errors Interfere with Books and Updates You may be in a situation where you need to do an update, but in order to do so you would have to override the fonts . . . but you would rather not, because doing so would mess up the design. The solution is to open the file or files that are missing the fonts; if the affected files are open during the generate, you won't get the "cannot open file" error message. If you need to open all the files of a book, you do NOT have to run down the book list and open each one separately. Instead, you can simply Shift+click or Ctrl+click the files you want (and a Ctrl+A, in Windows, selects the whole list). In FM6 and earlier, press Enter. In FM7, right-click > Open. Each file will open (but, of course, you may have to acknowledge missing font messages). Also, you can open all files in the book at once this way: <ol><li>Make the book file active in FrameMaker--so it is in the foreground.</li> <li>Shift+click the File menu selection, in the menu bar.</li> <li>Shift+clicking File gives you book-level options in the File menu, including "Open All Files in Book."</li></ol> Thanks again to Tim for the information used here. (Remember to post suggestions or corrections in the FAQ Suggestions and Corrections thread.)

Times (TT) Missing font

Often when I build a document on my Mac 10.4.1 in InDesign CS3, RE-opening it brings up a box that says that Times (TT) font is missing and that a substitute font will be used. In all of these cases i don't even have Times as one of the fonts in the document. Is this a system thing, a default thing or a preferences thing??
How do I make this box not come up??
Thanks in advance,
Roger

There may be a space, tab, return or other invisible character that uses that font.
Perhaps Times (TT) is your default font, which might lead to inadvertent use. (This would happen no matter what your default font is, but at least if it's one you've got loaded on your system, you won't have the missing font message.). With no documents open, choose a different font from your menu, and that will become your new default font.

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

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)

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.

Missing Font Help... Please!

Hi Guys,
Hoping someone can help me out.
I'm liasing with a designer who has supplied me an indesign file to fix up some copy.
When I open the file I'm told that I'm missing a bunch of fonts. For example:
Frutiger 66 Bold Italic
Now I've installed the missing fonts using .otf files.
So when I go to find font I can only navigate to Frutiger LT Std 66 Bold Italic.
It replaces all the fonts and it looks the same to me??? Are they the sam? I used the exact ones but my version has LT std....
Let's say they are the same, i just have a different version. Now the concern I have is when I give the file back the designer is now going to get the missing fonts message when they first open it up.
Will it just be a case of them doing what I just did, but to their version of the font?
Is there something I could do? Will this work okay?
Apreciate any help or suggestions.
Thanks

Adobe still offers the old Type 1 versions of Frutiger at http://store1.adobe.com/cfusion/store/html/index.cfm?store=OLS-US&event=displayFontPackage &code=73 and Linotype offers Oepntype, Windows Truetype (which can also be used on OS X) and Windows and Mac Type 1 versions.
You should check withthe agency to find out exactly which version and type they are using, and match the same version if you can (but thay may have a really old release, so it might not be possible, but matching the type of font would probably be a good idea).
But to answer the first part of the question, yes, OpenType is newer technology (though under the hood the fonts are still either T1 or TT outlines, with fonts carying .otf extensions usually being T1) and just fine for print. OpenType fonts have larger glyph sets than the older versions so they often contain special characters, small caps, alternates, etc, that are not contained in the older fonts unless you buy "expert" or other "special" sets which is a nice bonus. Fonts with Pro in the name are more likely to have a lot of extras, though, than those that are called Std.
Personally I no longer buy anything except OpenType fonts when there is a choice.

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Hi, there!
I having missing font messages in Indesign documents that are synced via Creative Cloud Files. Both computer have these "missing fonts" installed and as far as I know they are not corrupted (i.e. can be used normally).
At first I thought that it was an issue caused because the versión of the font installed as it happened only with Font Awesome (an ever updating icons font). I downloaded and installed the most recent version of the font on both computers and the issue wasn't gone. Now it's happening with another font: ITC Officina Sans. I don't know what is going on, Anyone?
Some helpful facts:
- Computers involved: iMac 2012 and Mac Pro 2014 both using lastest version of Yosemite
- Indesign: lastest version installed, same with Adobe Creative Cloud desktop client.
- Problem only happens on synced files via Creative Cloud
- Font affected are not from Typekit
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- The project consist of a book and over 20 docs. Docs range from 6 to 50 megas in file size.
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See Font Management in OS X, for starters.

On Pages 09. Error Message "Missing Font" - text on all my files/Documents has disappeared. I know it is still there from the word count - but it is invisible. Any clues Gratefully received.

On Pages 09. Error Message "Missing Font" - text on all my files/Documents has disappeared. I know it is still there from the word count - but it is invisible. Any clues Gratefully received.

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Have you updated it to the latest iWork '09 v4.3?
Peter

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I created a brochure with Pages (2.0.1) - No problems. I reopened the brochure and saw an error message stating that there were "missing fonts." I have one Admin account and one User account. I installed the application under the User account and created the brochure under the User account. I have not moved or added any fonts - Only have fonts that came with the OS and that were installed by Pages. Please help! This is VERY annoying. Can not find help under OS or Pages help topics.

CrushU
I had this problem a while back. Sometimes the package info gets confused and you end up with a font that doesn't exist. It tends to happen when converting files from Word but it can happen within Pages. Selecting all the document and changing the font wont correct it however there is a way to solve this:
Open script editor and enter the following script:
tell application "Pages"
tell front document
set aRef to a reference to (every character of body text whose font name is "ENTER MISSING FONT NAME")
set font name of aRef to "ENTER NEW CHOSEN FONT"
end tell
end tell
Ensure Pages is open and the document is open. Compile the script and run it. Now wait as it takes a while for the script to run and there is no indication it is running. When the script editor is done close the doc and reopen it.
Ensure that you enter the precise name of the font that Pages says is missing and the new one you want to replace it with. If it's misspelt it wont work.
Also this only works on Pages 2, not on Pages 1.
Stu

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