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January 23, 2020
Question

Font conflict error message but font is not installed

  • January 23, 2020
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A font I use regularly (Athelas) suddenly appeared as 'deactivated' in Adobe Fonts so I activated it, but I received an error message saying there is a conflict with a font installed with the same name. I searched my computer and couldn't find it, it's not in my Font Book either, it's not anywhere. However, it's available to be used in InDesign, Illustrator, and even PowerPoint - even when deactivated in Adobe Fonts. I went through all the troubleshooting steps in the troubleshoot guide, but I'm still getting the same error message. Can anyone please help me with this issue? I contacted Adobe Support and it was like they weren't even bothering to read my messages and I got nowhere with them. How can it be available for use, plus creating a conflict, when it's deactivated in Adobe Fonts and there is no font file called 'Athelas' on my computer? I'm on a Mac (Mojave). 

 

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Participant
December 19, 2020

Athelas font still appears to be broken in this mannor. Please advise.

Harshika Verma
Community Manager
Community Manager
January 24, 2020

HI Miss Jimma,

 

We are sorry to hear you are having trouble using a specific font. Would you mind trying the steps mentioned in this article: https://helpx.adobe.com/in/fonts/kb/troubleshoot-font-activation.html? Let us know if that helps.

 

Thanks,

Harshika

Participant
January 25, 2020

Hi Harshika

I mentioned in my post that I have already gone through all these steps but that it didn't solve the issue.

Thanks