Missing Fonts after using Migration Assistant

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Missing Fonts after using Migration Assistant

I used the Migration Assistant to Migrate from one Mac to Another and now Indesign has missing fonts. I re-installed Indesign and it's still not working.

I am getting the following error - Missing Fonts The Doument "document.file" are not currently available on your system. The text will use a substitute font until the original font becomes available.

One of the font missing is ITC New Baskerville T1. But it's not only T1 fonts that are missing. I check with Font Book to make sure that this font is in there and it is. I cleared the font cache and checked adobe's documentation but I can't seem to figure this one out.

http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=327791
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=328542

Please help !

iMac 24", Mac OS X (10.5.4)

Posted on Jul 15, 2008 6:05 AM

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Answer 1

Jul 15, 2008 6:21 AM in response to xsystemx

Most Adobe products seem to install fonts in 'non-standard' places. So it is annoying but not a surprise that Migration Assistant didn't find them. It is odd that reinstalling InDesign didn't fix it. Try restarting while holding down the Shift key, that will boot you into Safe Mode which, among other things, flushes the font caches. Maybe it is just confused!

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Jul 15, 2008 7:09 AM in response to Sherman Homan

Once in safe mode, how do you reboot back into normal mode?
Also, do you think it would help Exporting and Importing all fonts from the old mac to the new mac using Font Book?

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Answer 3

Jul 15, 2008 7:40 AM in response to xsystemx

Just restart normally after Safe Mode. The export/import function in Font Book works well, I don't know if that will fix it, though. If you still have access to the old Mac, can you find where the missing fonts used to live?

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Jul 15, 2008 7:43 AM in response to Sherman Homan

I can't seem to find the old fonts?

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Answer 5

Jul 15, 2008 8:57 AM in response to xsystemx

That is because spotlight doesn't search root libraries. And InDesign puts fonts in odd places. Look in the Applications, Adobe InDesign folder, look in the /Library/Fonts folder.

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