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greenhorsez
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May 13, 2020
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Adobe XD displays different Roboto font than Adobe Illustrator - why?

  • May 13, 2020
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I am trying to mockup some Android screens using Adobe XD and the Roboto Regular font. However, XD keeps using the wrong Roboto font. This is especially noticable in the "1s" and "9s". (see attached)

 

Interestingly enough, the Roboto Regular font does appear correctly in Adobe Illustrator. Also, when my colleague opens the XD file on her machine, she is able to see the correct font. 

 

I have Windows 10 and have tried to uninstall the Roboto font from the control panel, but get a message saying "cannot be deleted because it's in use". Even if I reboot my computer and go straight to the font panel, I get that message. I went to regedit and deleted all the Roboto fonts from "Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts" and rebooted. Now I am left with the wrong font for Illustrator and XD. I install the latest Roboto font again and it is good in AI but not XD. Back to square one.

 

When I open the font families in XD I can see 3 "Regular" options for Roboto. Each one I select is the same, and they are all wrong. When I open families in AI, there is just one for Regular and it is correct.

 

How and where is XD getting this font? How can I force it to use the correct Roboto font?

 

 

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    Harshika Verma
    Community Manager
    Harshika VermaCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    May 15, 2020

    Hi there,

     

    Sorry to hear you are facing trouble. Would you mind sharing a sample file with me over a private message? Please upload the file to a shared location such as Creative Cloud app or Dropbox and share the url with me. It would be really helpful if you can share the screenshot of your about XD info page. Is your colleague using the same operating system?

     

    We will try our best to help.

     

    Thanks,

    Harshika

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      greenhorsezAuthor
      Participant
      May 21, 2020

      Thank you Harshika - for some reason the notice of your reply went to my spam folder. I am on Windows 10 and my colleague has a Mac.  Below is a screenshot of my XD install and I will send a message with link to an example file now. Thanks again for any help you can provide!

       

      Harshika Verma
      Community Manager
      Harshika VermaCommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      May 26, 2020

      Thanks for sharing the file. I will investigate about the issue with the team and will update you as soon as I have any updates or need any more information from you. 

       

      Thanks,

      Harshika

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