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September 25, 2025
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Activating Fonts from Adobe Fonts that clash with same name system fonts

  • September 25, 2025
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HI there

 

Has anyone out there come across the issue of attempting to activate the recently added Arial, TNR, and Symbol fonts from Adobe fonts where they fail to activate due to error 'font with same name already exists'?

 

Has anyone found a way around this without removing the same named system font verions (this is on a Mac OSX Sequoia).

 

Reason for asking is that by using the Adobe fonts versions my company is licensed for appropriate use in their products, not so if using the system versions.

 

Thanks 🙂

Correct answer Tarun Saini

Hi @nrobson-font management,

 

Thanks for reaching out! We're sorry to hear about this. Please try the steps mentioned in the article based on the error message you are getting- https://adobe.ly/3KdFqw2 

 

Let us know if that helps.

 

Regards,

Tarun

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Tarun Saini
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Tarun SainiCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
Community Manager
September 25, 2025

Hi @nrobson-font management,

 

Thanks for reaching out! We're sorry to hear about this. Please try the steps mentioned in the article based on the error message you are getting- https://adobe.ly/3KdFqw2 

 

Let us know if that helps.

 

Regards,

Tarun

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Noel27383973hn4d
Participant
October 6, 2025

Thanks for the reply @Tarun Saini but im afraid that doesnt help as the fonts are system fonts - these cannot be deactivated by font book, or any other font app. The removal of system fonts is not advised by Apple.

I was hoping a user may have also come across this and found a work around.

 

Cheers

Noel

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