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piotrm59550154
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June 17, 2020
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Font problem in XD

  • June 17, 2020
  • 6 replies
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Hi, I have strange problem with font Quicksand.

I install font family (light,regular,bold,semibold) on Windows. In AE, AI, ID, PS everthing is fine work like a normal font.

But in XD when I open project or make new one, and choose quicksand font

nn family font list I have (regular, regular, regular, bold, regular). First think okey, something display wrong.  No metter what I choose is always regular font. 

I try:
Reinstal font , reinstal from another source
Reinstal adobe XD
Update adobe XD
Update Windows 10

My problem is that I work with big project with this font (my rescure is that I also have macbook pro and there its work fine).  

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    Correct answer TobiasB

    I opened the font files in FontForge, generated them as TrueType, ignored all warnings and errors and reinstalled it.

    After that I got Quicksand working in XD.

    6 replies

    Martin Dedron
    Martin Dedron
    Inspiring
    October 28, 2022

    I don't know if Adobe has a dark agreement with Apple to make its softwares completely unfunctional but here is a screenshot that shows how HORRIBLE this is:

     

    1. I uninstalled XD, restarted the computer.
    2. I opened a nex file and prompted text:

     

    MAGIC !! 😊

    The text simply does not work even with the default "font".

    Guess what's even better?

    No font (even the basic ones) show on the menu. OMG, i'll never use that ** again.

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      NinaLekan
      Participant
      March 25, 2023

      Hi there, I have the same problem, no fonts are showing. Unfortunately, I have to work in XD because it's part of the Coursera course I'm trying to complete. (thanks to Adobe, I might fail). Did you find a solution to the problem? Help would mean a lot to me. tnx

        Martin Dedron
        Martin Dedron
        Inspiring
        October 28, 2022

        I was asked today to work on XD and I fell like going 20 years backwards. 

        I have to transform OTF into TTF? Seriously??

        In 2022, rejecting OTF whilst ANY other app, even Microsoft Paint, functions super well with it?

         

        I'll be using Figma instead, hoping Adobe won't ruin it...

          northofwonderful
          northofwonderful
          Participant
          May 3, 2022

          Adobe XD is completey unusable because of it's font issues.  Get your act together Adobe this shouldn't be hard.  EVERY OTHER ADOBE PROGRAM can use fonts, yet for me to add a simple google font, I have to uninstall the font from and uninstall Adobe XD and reinstall it everytime I want to add a new one.  Yes, that is what support tells me every single time!  I'm trying to switch from Photoshop to XD after 15 years of designing websites in Photoshop yet XD can't handle fonts in a simple way.  Years of problems on message boards should show you that you need to fix this issue.

            ratzekind
            ratzekind
            Participating Frequently
            January 13, 2022

            If anyone is still struggling: Some fonts even won't show properly in XD if you install the up-to-date TTF versions of them. In my case, Merriweather Sans just didn't want to show the Medium and SemiBold versions, no matter if I tried the TTF files, with or without a font manager, or the variable fonts. 

            Inspired by the solution, I just ran the TTF version through https://transfonter.org/, originally designed to create web fonts, used the created TTF files instead and tada, all weights are showing up. Definitely not a clean solution, but an interim one to get your fonts working, even if you have TTF versions that are recognised by all other apps on your Windows computer. 

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            dasbeedisha
            Participant
            August 27, 2020

            hi if you are getting problem  in the quicksand font  in adobe XD just go to github and download the font family from there and install all .It will start to work wont give pblm anymore. i m attaching the github link too

            https://github.com/andrew-paglinawan/QuicksandFamily/find/master

              F.Andras
              F.Andras
              Participating Frequently
              April 15, 2021

              Thank you! Downloaded the .ttf files, now it works.

              Cheers!

              HARSHIKA_VERMA
              Community Manager
              HARSHIKA_VERMACommunity Manager
              Community Manager
              June 17, 2020

              Hi there,

               

              We are sorry to hear you are having trouble with font in XD. We would like to know a few more details like-

               

              • Is it happening with this specific file and specific font?
              • Have you activated this from Adobe Fonts or downloaded it from third party?
              • What is the XD version of your machine?

               

              We will try our best to help.

               

              Thanks,

              Harshika

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              piotrm59550154Author
              Participant
              June 18, 2020

              Specific font: Quicksand.

              I download font from google fonts site, from other source  and resoults was the same (this same font file from google site work perfect on mac). So In my opnion its not a font file problem

               

              I have newest version from JUN16 2020 update, before with MAY19 2020 update, same resoults

               

               

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              TobiasBCorrect answer
              Participant
              June 26, 2020

              I opened the font files in FontForge, generated them as TrueType, ignored all warnings and errors and reinstalled it.

              After that I got Quicksand working in XD.

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