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Inspiring
September 24, 2023
Question

Font expiration In Adobe super annoying

  • September 24, 2023
  • 3 replies
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How can I prevent Adobe from removing fonts from my system without my permission? Fonts keep expiring and I need to manually go into Creative Cloud and click the button "Renew Family" for each font. There is no "renew all" button, so it took me a full hours to click on each individual font.

Why is Adobe consistently making the font experience so terribly annoying?

If I install a font, I do so for a reason.  

3 replies

Participant
October 21, 2024

I agree with the frustration. If a subscription hasn't changed, neither should my ability to use the font collection that I continually curate. Why waste our time? That's just about enough of a reason to STOP using Adobe Fonts.

Creative Overlord
Known Participant
September 26, 2023

I have no solution but want to add my agreement with this frustration, I use so many fonts for various client projects, these aren't in daily use but pop up with quick turnarounds, and I have to constantly turn on again. What's worse is often CC seems to think the font IS on when I go to do it, then I have to turn it off and back on, it's damn annoying. Sometimes it turns off fonts I JUST INSTALLED.

 

I understand the idea was to reduce bugs and storage space but it is taking designers so much extra time each day/week/year. Not to mention the font menu lags significantly now - if I have to renenable 2-20 fonts a day, that's a lot of time. Many require me to go into Adobe fonts via browser and fiddle around to fix, which then has that stupid authentication thing Adobe does so much worse than any other platform, just to make you lose the will to live a little more.

WE NEED an opt out toggle for deleting unused fonts AND preferably a "master list" or "favourites" list that has no max limit (not the crappy star thing that only allows a handful to be added) where I can then easily filter by fonts I've marked as favourites when designing - this list should never deactivate unless I unsubscribe from Adobe and should be visible in all Adobe programs. That way at least I can easily flick through my faves list and it would also ensure a persons most important fonts are always on. 

 

Because as a designer I love flicking through fonts and "seeing" what looks good, I don't just bloody REMEMBER the name of the font Adobe, like some kind of wordsmith. It can't be just me that types a word then presses "down down down" until I see something that makes me tingle. You're hijacking my time, but also the good feelz. Stop it.

kglad
Community Expert
Community Expert
September 24, 2023

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