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Mr.YassinNM
Mr.YassinNM
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January 7, 2026
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Feature Request: Smart Font Browser with Folders & Advanced Filters in Illustrator

  • January 7, 2026
  • 1 reply
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Proposal: Improving the Font Browser in Adobe Illustrator

Current Issues:

  • Significant difficulty browsing a large number of fonts due to the list-only view.

  • Lack of dynamic, interactive preview directly within the workspace.

  • Existing search and classification tools are limited and lack smart filtering (e.g., by language, style, or usage).

Proposed Solutions:

  • Advanced Font Filtering
    • Classify fonts by language (Arabic, Latin, etc.).
    • Filter by style (Serif, Sans Serif, Script, Handwriting).
    • Filter by usage (branding, long text, headlines)

 

  • Folder-Based Font Browsing

    • Introduce folder view as the primary browsing option, similar to panels (patterns, shapes) in Photoshop.

    • Allow creation of custom folders, moving fonts between them, and renaming folders.

 

  • Flexible Favorites Management

    • Make favorites folder-based instead of a flat list.

    • Support organizing favorite fonts into different groups depending on project or usage.

Benefits for Users:

  • Faster workflow and reduced time wasted testing fonts one by one.

  • Enhanced design experience, especially for multilingual projects.

  • More organized and professional environment for designers.

Correct answer Mr.YassinNM

Thank you, @Abhishek Rao , for the clarification and support 🙏.
I’ll update to the latest Illustrator 30.1 release and test the new font browsing improvements, especially the smart filtering and workspace previews.
After trying them out, I’ll share additional feedback on how well these features work for multilingual projects and favorites organization.

1 reply

Abhishek Rao
Community Manager
Abhishek RaoCommunity Manager
Community Manager
January 7, 2026

Hi @Mr.YassinNM,

 

Thanks for sharing your detailed feedback. I'd recommend updating to the latest version of Illustrator 30.x, where the current release is 30.1

(if you are not currently on it). The product team has made major improvements to font browsing in this version, including smarter filtering, better previews, and improved organization options that should address the challenges you mentioned. You can check out the full details in this community announcement and the Helpx article here:
https://adobe.ly/45IBafE
https://adobe.ly/3LfC3FJ

 

Once you've updated, please try it out and let us know how the new experience works for you.

Abhishek 

Mr.YassinNM
Mr.YassinNMAuthorCorrect answer
Participant
January 7, 2026

Thank you, @Abhishek Rao , for the clarification and support 🙏.
I’ll update to the latest Illustrator 30.1 release and test the new font browsing improvements, especially the smart filtering and workspace previews.
After trying them out, I’ll share additional feedback on how well these features work for multilingual projects and favorites organization.

    Abhishek Rao
    Community Manager
    Abhishek RaoCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    January 7, 2026

    Hi @Mr.YassinNM,

     

    Thanks for the update. Please try it out and keep me posted on how it goes after testing the new font browsing experience.

     

    Best,

    Abhishek

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