I have used InDesign CS4 on Windows XP and have recently switched to Mac, however the files on the Mac aren’t showing the same. All of the fonts have a pink background behind them that I can’t seem to get rid of, it’s almost like it’s being highlighted but it isn’t. Keep in mind I have used fonts on the WIndows machine that aren’t on the Mac but how do I fix this problem on the Mac?
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The dreaded pinking (believe it or not, I didn’t make up that phrase myself) is because you have missing fonts. Read on:
There are five different options you can enable in the Composition Highlighting area in Preferences, but only one is turned on by default: Substituted Fonts, aka “The Dreaded Pinking.”
Every InDesign user who’s done more than a few projects is familiar with “The Dreaded Pinking”; its decaying pink fleshtone color appears behind substituted fonts when you heedlessly ignore the “Missing Fonts” alert and open a layout anyway.
If the smell is getting to you, just turn off the Substituted Fonts highlighting in Preferences > Composition. The font will still be missing and InDesign still substitutes a fake one, but at least you can edit the text without the distracting pinking. (Of course, don’t forget that it’s a fake font! Line breaks and kerning aren’t exactly the same as if the actual font were loaded.)
Visit Type>Find Font to replace fonts with the ones that are available on the machine you’re one — WARNING! If you replace fonts, your line-breaks may (and probably will) change — causing your layout to change as well — including possible (and probable) overset text.