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Nov 13, 2026 12:13 PM UTC
Question

Use AI to generate missing Asian font characters

Text is very hard to use for Chinese text. When using CJK fonts, users frequently encounter missing character "tofu" boxes. Please add a feature where Adobe AI detects a missing character in a text box and instantly generates a matching vector glyph in the exact style and weight of the active font.

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Nov 14, 2026 9:02 PM UTC

Hi Maggie,

 

Adobe Express doesn't currently have a feature that generates a missing glyph in the style of the active font, so this would be a feature request — you can submit it in the Feature Requests section of the community so the product team can see it.

 

In the meantime, the usual fix for those 'tofu' boxes is to switch the text to a font that actually includes those characters. For Chinese text, a font with broad CJK coverage such as Source Han Sans (available in Adobe Fonts) covers far more characters than most display fonts. If only a few characters are missing, you can also select just those characters and change only their font, keeping the rest of the text as it is.

 

Hope that helps!

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