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Oct 29, 2026 9:56 PM UTC
Question

Select Same Font Family Doesn't Work

Adobe Illustrator Illustrator 30.8.2 (Mac)

I have a document with several text boxes. Within my text boxes, I have varying fonts. I want to highlight a word with the font I’d like to find so I can replace all of them, and once I click Select, Same Font Family, nothing gets selected and the current selection is deselected. This feature should be amazing and I have never gotten it to work properly.

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    Monika Gause
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    Oct 29, 2026 10:11 PM UTC

    This feature selects objects, not characters in a text object.

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    Participating Frequently
    Oct 29, 2026 11:07 PM UTC

    Then why is the prompt called Select Same Font Family?

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    justlearn
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    Oct 29, 2026 11:40 PM UTC

    ​@Kelly31501123y9li valid point! For mixed-font text boxes, you would be better to use Find/Replace Font, not Select Same Font Family. 

     

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