Packaging with missing fonts

I have (what I consider to be) a complex issue with missing fonts when packaging a project for print. I’m fairly new at using ID. It’s a little complicated, so I’ll attempt to be as precise as possible. When I package my files, a warning comes up in the package summary about missing fonts. Now this is where it gets a little tricky – three of the fonts are listed as “not installed” in the package dialogue box. When I check my Fonts folder, both Minion Pro and Bookman Old Style “parents” are there. The Minion Pro “children” are not listed in my Fonts folder but the Bookman “child” is there. When I attempt to find the font within my document (to make the correction) using the Find Font button of the Package dialogue box, none of the fonts are listed as being present in the document. I am at a loss as to what to do. I cannot send this project to the printer with missing fonts. Any assistance anyone could provide would be greatly appreciated.

You most likely have modified some font or paragraph styles that reference these fonts or a leftover rogue invisible character like a spacer that uses those fonts in its style. ID will retain that info in the derived style, if you only changed a part of a formatting. This is nothing to worry, even more so since whoever will use your file will have to have the same Adobe software which includes those fonts to open your ID native file and it's irrelevant for PDF files.
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