Missing Font Helvetica-Narrow

I keep getting an error when opening Pages documents telling me that I'm missing the font Helvetica-Narrow. I don't remember ever intentionally using that font, but it really doesn't matter to me what font this document is in. It's just annoying to keep getting this error (I have a lot of similar documents with the same problem).

I just tried using Pacifist to reinstall fonts from my Snow Leopard disk, but that didn't help. I couldn't find that font on my disk, so I just reinstalled all the fonts I could find, including regular Helvetica. I thought that Helvetica-Narrow might be included with the regular Helvetica, but I guess it wasn't. Where can I find this elusive Helvetica-Narrow font?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Sep 18, 2010 3:27 PM

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Sep 18, 2010 4:18 PM in response to PeterBreis0807

The documents are not translated from Word. I created them in Pages. I'm a teacher and the documents are my lesson plans. There's one for each week in table form. Each week as I write new lesson plans, I copy stuff from last year's plans. This problem started last school year. It's frustrating because I keep copying the problem to my new documents. I've tried changing the fonts and I still get the errors.

Is there a way to change the fonts on an entire folder full of documents all at the same time? I've never really used Automator. Is this a good time to learn?

Thanks.

Sep 18, 2010 4:40 PM in response to Rob Abram1

Well you introduced the font a year ago and have kept duplicating the problem.

You could try using Automator if you can figure out the sequence that you would need to edit and resave the files.

But it seems to me your core problem is your template or the duplicated file you have been using as a default template.

Fix that by changing the font wherever it is buried, text, styles, captured pages and resave that as a template and use that from now on.

Peter

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