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I have an illustrator document (.ai) that was created on a Mac using CS3. I'm now trying to open this file on my PC, also using CS3, but Illustrator complains that there are missing fonts: HelveticaNeue, HelveticaNeue-Italic, and HelveticaNeue-Bold.<br />
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I have (or I think I have) HelveticaNeue installed on my machine already. HelveticaNeue shows up with an asterisk next to it, though, when I see it in the font list within illustrator (shows up as HelveticaNeue*). Within HelveticaNeue, the regular, italic and bold all have asterisks next to them as well.<br />
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How do I get illustrator to open this file using the fonts I have installed?
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I have an illustrator document (.ai) that was created on a Mac using CS3. I'm now trying to open this file on my PC, also using CS3, but Illustrator complains that there are missing fonts: HelveticaNeue, HelveticaNeue-Italic, and HelveticaNeue-Bold.

I have (or I think I have) HelveticaNeue installed on my machine already. HelveticaNeue shows up with an asterisk next to it, though, when I see it in the font list within illustrator (shows up as HelveticaNeue*). Within HelveticaNeue, the regular, italic and bold all have asterisks next to them as well.

How do I get illustrator to open this file using the fonts I have installed?

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