Some fonts (Symbol, for ex.) do not render

When I set the font of some text to some fonts like Symbol, or Apple Symbols, for example, the text is not rendered using these fonts. Instead it looks like the default Helvetica font is used.
The Symbol and Apple Symbols fonts I have on my system are the default Apple-installed fonts (I can see that in Font book).
I have the same problem in Pages.
More generally, is there some issue in iWork that prevents the application from using certain fonts? How can I tell?
This is in Keynote 2.0.2 on Tiger 10.4.2.

I'm having a similar problem in Pages.
When I try to customize the bullets using other dingbat fonts (GoodDogBones, Charms BV, Eller, and so forth), the character that appears in the bullet box is rendered in a unicode font (Lucida Grande).
In other words, what I pasted, a coffee cup in Eller that appears when I type an "e," shows up in the bullet customizer as an "e" in Lucida Grande.
What I can't figure out is how to get these other dingbat fonts to show up in the Character Palette. I drag them to my "Favorites" in the Font dialog box, but nothing happen in the Character Palette. (All my fonts are in MacintoshHD/System/Library/Fonts so they're active for all users of the computer.)
So I guess my question is this: How do I add fonts to the Character Palette?!?

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