P: Ability to choose a specific font from disk when resolving missing one

Yeah, sorry I was so bitchy earlier! Felt very frustrated.

And still kind of do... It's nuts how badly this works in the current implementation. I was trying to open a Mac-composed PS document with Helvetica (Helvetica!!). I own TTF and OpenType versions of Helvetica from five different foundries. Tried having each installed. None was detected via PS's automatic substitution. Having no avenue for document-wide manual substitution in PS seems like a huge oversight when Illustrator has solved the problem so thoroughly already.

Sorry you feel that way, Damian, but it's a valid response.

Photoshop has had automatic font substitution for more than a decade.  That said, each SKU of the product falls back to one given font if the algorithm cannot match a font.  For English-speaking users, that fallback font is Myriad Pro, which we use as PS's default font for all Latin- and Cyrillic-based languages precisely because it includes such a wide variety of glyphs and writing system.  In other words, for those using European languages, falling back to Myriad Pro when the app is confused offers users the BEST chance of resolving missing glyphs/fonts.  So, it's actually a very smart way of doing things.  Sure, the universe of fonts has changed since this feature was created (before my time on type, I might add), so an update is probably in order.  But that's a different issue than explaining the process and logic behind it.

I will *AGAIN* bump up this feature request.  Posting polite comments and examples of the importance of this enhancement in this thread might help getting it the priority you'd like.

IT IS NUTS that this functionality is so broken in Photoshop.

EDIT:

A workaround.

1. Cancel the substitution dialog that comes up when the document opens.
2. Create a new text layer.
3. Type whatever. Set sections of the text to the fonts you would like to manually substitute for the missing fonts in the document. Save (as a new file if you're concerned).
4. Close and open again.
5. Now the shortlist pulldowns in the font substitution dialog should include your chosen substitute fonts. (Pulldowns seem to include all fonts in the document that ARE installed).

Anyway, worked for me on PS 20141204.r.310 x64 (Windows)

David,

I'm sorry but this is a garbage answer and it should be obvious to you that it will not satisfy any design professional using your products.

I really don't see how this would have to be a requested feature. It's standard in both InDesign and Illustrator. I highly doubt it's an oversight in Photoshop. It just makes sense.

Very frustrating when you receive a PSD from a client with about 50 folders with many, many, (sigh) many type layers all in an (almost) identical font that I have installed but can't choose to batch replace.

Looks like the last post on this was a month ago. I'd like to know how seriously this "feature request" is being considered.

Many thanks! I will tell my arrogant IT friends and colleagues that I am a PhotoShop partner if and when this happens.

Howdy folks,

Okay, I've gone ahead and logged a feature request for this and quoted you on it.

Thanks,
David

here here! Seems like the perfect solution to me as well! Let us choose from our own installed fonts! Problem solved!

Thank you for your quick response. But the PSD I received (from a Mac user) used AkzidenGrotesk Bold and my PC version was AkzidenGrotesk Std Bold. I had the same problem with Rockwell Light and Rockwell Std Light. Myriad Pro for both of them.

I think the problem would be solved if there were a way for you to allow the user to select from their own list. I think some of the early versions did this. (I’m a user since 2.0 so maybe my problem is that I am old!)

Hi Sue,

Myriad Pro is the default font for Photoshop in most languages.  It is the default because of its diversity -- you will find the letters (and alternate glyphs) of MANY languages in the font AND it is pretty common.  If the application gave you Myriad Pro as an option, then nothing in your other fonts sufficiently match any of the other characteristics of the missing font -- what a human perceives as similar can be quite subjective and difficult to put in an algorithm or solve via heuristics.

Thanks,
David