Strange font issue

I am having a problem with one font. It will not print in inDesign. It will print in all my other applications (textEdit, Pages, NeoOffice), so I don't think it is corrupted font or a driver issue.
I trashed the plist and adobefnt.lists, reset permissions, but to no avail.
It did print before, but now shows up as a generic font.
When I tried a new document, it still will not print. (Ruling out a corrupted file).
While it looks like there is something goofy in inDesign...I have had a similar problem with a bar code font not printing in Filemaker Pro. Again the font works with every other app I have tried.

Since you don't mention which font, what type of printer or what version of InDesign it's rather difficult to hazzard a guess.
Your best bet will be the Adobe Forum, but in the meantime: Have you run the Preflight feature on the document? What does Font Book have to say about the font? How about InD's Find Font feature?
Regards|:>)
Bob J.

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