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m_koby
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April 8, 2025
Question

Fonts from Adobe Fonts not synchronizing properly in Illustrator — intermittent issue

  • April 8, 2025
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Hi everyone,

I'm experiencing an ongoing issue with Adobe Fonts in Illustrator that seems to happen randomly and inconsistently. Here's what's going on:

  • Some fonts from Adobe Fonts (e.g., Inter Light) don't synchronize properly, even though the Creative Cloud app says they are downloaded and active.

  • When I open a file that uses those fonts, they are sometimes replaced by a fallback font, even though the font was working just fine earlier in the same session.

  • This issue is not constant — for example, yesterday I was working in Illustrator for about 2–3 hours without any problems. Then suddenly, when I tried to change text to a font I had already been using, Illustrator gave me a warning that the font doesn't exist and asked if I want to continue editing the layer.

  • Creative Cloud shows that the font is active and synced, but it doesn't appear in Illustrator's font list — and the text using that font gets substituted.

This behavior is very disruptive, especially when working on layout-heavy projects where consistent typography is crucial.

I've already tried:

  • Restarting Illustrator and Creative Cloud

  • Toggling Adobe Fonts on and off in the Creative Cloud settings

  • Signing out and back into Creative Cloud

  • Checking system performance and network connectivity

I would really appreciate if Adobe could look into this, or if anyone has a workaround that prevents the fonts from randomly “disappearing” mid-session.

2 replies

Community Expert
April 8, 2025

Sometimes if an Internet connection is flaky it can disrupt Adobe Fonts sync and cause fonts to disappear temporarily or even completely. The Internet connection itself is one possible point of failure; power cycling the modem or Point of Entry device is one trouble shooting step. The router is another possible point of failure; the Internet service may be fine but the router is glitching. Power cycling it may restore a WiFi or Ethernet connection to more stable operation.

Anubhav M
Community Manager
Community Manager
April 8, 2025

Hello @m_koby,

Would you mind trying the following steps and checking if they help:

 

  • Close all Adobe applications
  • Remove the Creative Cloud Desktop application, CCLibrary, and CoreSync using the Creative Cloud Cleaner Tool (https://adobe.ly/4j3LFz1)
  • Reinstall the Creative Cloud Desktop application (https://adobe.ly/3EerbV0)
  • Relaunch Illustrator

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Anubhav