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didiermazier
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didiermazierCommunity Expert
Community Expert
February 14, 2025
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Retype not allowing to edit text

  • February 14, 2025
  • 3 replies
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Correct me if I am wrong :

When I first tried Retype feature I could edit text in an image (incorporated, not linked).

But now I am only able to identify a more or less simliar font without editing text function.

Am I missing something or did Adobe stepped back and dropped this very useful feature?

    Correct answer Anshul_Saini

    Hi Didier Mazier,

     

    You’re right—the editing functionality has been removed from Retype. The tool now focuses solely on helping you identify hard-to-find fonts in images.

     

    With Retype, you can easily identify fonts used in static text or outlined text from raster images. Once you spot a font you like, take a photo of it, import it into Illustrator, and let Retype search through over 30,000 Adobe Fonts and your local font library to find the closest match.

     

    Hope that clears things up! Let me know if you have any more questions.

    Best,

    Anshul Saini

    3 replies

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    Marcelo Aceituno
    Participant
    August 5, 2025

    What a shame, it was the only use I saw for Retype. They called it Re-Type for a reason, didn't they?

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      Kerwane5CED
      Participant
      June 30, 2025

      The retype tool, in its beta form (i.e., where you could edit vectorized text), was a better and more useful tool than what is currently available. Please fix it! Putting it in Photoshop is cool, but I think graphic designers who use Illustrator would appreciate and use this tool more.

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        EmJay828
        Participant
        July 3, 2025

        I agree. I thought my installation was broken or something. What's weird is that I can still sometimes edit text with the Retype tool. It's just not consistent, and I haven't noticed a pattern for when I can and cannot use it for editing.

          Anshul_Saini
          Community Manager
          Anshul_SainiCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
          Community Manager
          February 17, 2025

          Hi Didier Mazier,

           

          You’re right—the editing functionality has been removed from Retype. The tool now focuses solely on helping you identify hard-to-find fonts in images.

           

          With Retype, you can easily identify fonts used in static text or outlined text from raster images. Once you spot a font you like, take a photo of it, import it into Illustrator, and let Retype search through over 30,000 Adobe Fonts and your local font library to find the closest match.

           

          Hope that clears things up! Let me know if you have any more questions.

          Best,

          Anshul Saini

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            FSOM31
            Participant
            February 26, 2025

            Are there any plans to reimplement the Edit function? It was incredibly useful.

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