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December 22, 2023
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Font Issues Fira Sans

  • December 22, 2023
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Hi. I'm having issues with the Fira Sans font. I have tried to install it from both Google Fonts and Adobe and there's the same problem. After opening the file in both Illustrator and InDesign, it says that the fonts are missing, even though I do have them all installed. I have tried to find Fira Sans OT (because it says that that is the one that is missing, but I can't find it).
It is the only font that has such problems, and it has been happening for almost 2 years at this point, it's very annoying and time-consuming to be changing everything manually.

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    Legend
    January 5, 2024

    You can contact the font developer via Google Fonts and see if they have a fix.

    Abambo
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    January 3, 2024

    If you installed from Google Fonts, the issue can't be (by definition) Adobe fonts. (You should be careful, not to install both ways, however). 

     

    ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
    Community Expert
    December 22, 2023

    Is the document with missing fonts something you created or did someone else create it on a different computer?

     

    Several factors can cause missing font issues even when fonts of the same name are installed in a computer. The fonts in the original document could be in a different format (TrueType, Type1 or OTF). The font's build version could be different; fonts get updated to fix bugs or add new features. If someone builds a document using fonts that have been converted from one format to another those font files will be unique. The fonts will have to be included with the document when shared to another computer.

     

    I've seen issues with fonts disappearing from the fonts menu in Adobe Illustrator when CorelDRAW and its font management app is running at the same time. When I closed both applications and then re-launched Illustrator all the fonts in the fonts menu would be restored.