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December 2, 2025

P: Photoshop no longer auto-loads newly installed fonts and requires app restart

  • December 2, 2025
  • 11 replies
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Standard behavior (consistent for many years): Photoshop is open and running; I install a new font using Font Book on macOS; that font is instantly available in Photoshop.

 

The same was also true for fonts added using Adobe Fonts.

 

New behavior (as of recent app revision): Photoshop is open and running; I install a new font using Font Book; the font is not available in Photoshop until I close and open the app again.

 

Adobe Fonts do sometimes become available in the running app, but it takes a long time -- on the order of 15-30 minutes.

 

This is using Photoshop 27 on macOS Sequoia (not Tahoe).

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Claire H.
Community Manager
Community Manager
December 2, 2025

Hi @sloanyo, welcome to the Photoshop Community Forums! Here's an article on how to troubleshoot font issues: https://adobe.ly/4pKcNWr. Please let me know when you've tried these steps and if you're still experiencing the issue. Thanks! ^CH