Placed pdf showing "x" where numbers should be

greetings.
i'm placing a pdf created by another designer into indesign for printing layout purposes. the pdf is a magazine - multiple pages w/ articles, advertisements, etc.
here's the issue: some numbers in the ad's (i.e., the company's address, hours of operation, etc.) are not displaying or printing properly. the numbers look fine when viewing them in acrobat 8 pro, but once placed into indesign, i'm seeing boxes with "x's" inside of them. this is not happening on all of the advertisements - just a few. i initially thought it was a font embedding issue, but it's only happening on the numbers, which is confusing to me.
any thoughts/solutions are greatly appreciated!

Thanks, Bob.
I'm not sure. I receive the pdf from a publishing house. I would assume they use InDesign to do the layout, but perhaps they use Quark.
I have yet to go to them for any info on how they put the pdf together.

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