We have an InDesign file from a client to which we have to make a few changes, we also have their print-ready PDF supposedly created from the InDesign file.
A math character is showing in InDesign with the dreaded pink background because the font is being substituted. I know this by turning off and on the "Substituted Fonts" option in the Preferences, Composition. The PDF indicates this character is in the Symbol font but InD still indicates a substitution (and the character doesn't look the same as what's in the PDF) even when we load the symbol font, Type1 or TTF. InD's font menu shows that the font is in Bembo (the text font) even though it is the Type 1 Bembo that does not even HAVE that character. I suspect all of this has something to do with the fact that this file was initially created on a Mac and we work in Windows, which I'm willing to live with and circumvent. However, any enlightenment would be much appreciated as to why InD flags the character but doesn't show it as being in the font it (apparently) was originally.
As our archival service grows we're going to be opening other people's InD files more and more and I've not been able to find a way to search for characters with substituted fonts like this one. Turning on the option in the preferences and looking through the file manually is time consuming and prone to error at best, even for a good operator.
I didn't see anything on the find dialog and I didn't see anything in the preflight (which really surprised me) and nothing shows up for it in the Find Font dialog. I even tried a quickie script checkig the status of the fons in the document but was unable to see anything that would help in identifying characters/fonts like this.
Is there a way to find these other than manually looking for the pink background?
Many thanks,
Ken