OMG Thank you for that AMAZING compilation of font lore by Kurt Lang, the subtitle of which should probably be: “What Could Possibly Go Wrong?” Seriously, I made an attempt to read as much as I could, and conclude that while I could try one of the ways to deactivate, or hide, or destroy those unwanted System fonts, I might live to regret it. Fonts and their management seem to have become exponentially more complex. Why Apple and Adobe allowed this mess to get messier, I can only shake my head.

I was heartened to read in Lang’s article that somebody else, somewhere, has struggled with the same maddening trouble with Zapf Dingbats as I have, except that I had the trouble in InDesign. ID shows the font in the list, but will not apply it to any text. The only way I can use it is by opening an old document and doing a copy and paste. I’ve just switched to a new computer, and I THINK the problem has disappeared. Time will tell.

Thanks for responding to my post. I always learn something here.