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Grundoon Groundhog
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Oct 19, 2026 5:51 AM UTC
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activated fonts do not appear in the character menu

Even though I don’t want to use it all, I have activated the entire Adobe Garamond Pro family as that seems to be the only way to be sure of accessing the fonts I do want to use. When I go to the character menu, a limited number of them are available. Yet the paragraph and character styles include the correct fonts. It’s only when I select a few words whose font I want to change that this is a problem. The work around is to impose a paragraph style and then change the font, but that seems absurd.

 

    Eugene TysonCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    Oct 19, 2026 7:58 AM UTC

    It’s possible you have two versions of Adobe Garamond installed. That’s why only some show up because it’s picking from the shorter set. Could be a font clash in the system fonts vs Adobe fonts.

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    Eugene TysonCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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    Oct 19, 2026 7:58 AM UTC

    It’s possible you have two versions of Adobe Garamond installed. That’s why only some show up because it’s picking from the shorter set. Could be a font clash in the system fonts vs Adobe fonts.

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    Grundoon GroundhogAuthor
    Inspiring
    Oct 19, 2026 6:02 PM UTC

    Interesting. I’ll try deleting and reinstalling. Thanks!

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    Grundoon GroundhogAuthor
    Inspiring
    Nov 5, 2026 5:43 AM UTC

    Yes, that worked. Many thanks.

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    leo.r
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    leo.rCommunity Expert
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    Oct 19, 2026 6:14 AM UTC
    When I go to the character menu, a limited number of them are available. Yet the paragraph and character styles include the correct fonts. It’s only when I select a few words whose font I want to change that this is a problem.


    Can you post screenshots that illustrate the actual issue in InDesign?

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      Grundoon GroundhogAuthor
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      Oct 15, 2026 5:01 AM UTC

      Thank you. The Plugins menu is empty, to there is nothing to delete there. Yet when I open Indesign I consistently get a message saying the plugin is not plugged in. I had this problem before I deleted the Monotype plugin.

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      Anubhav M
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      Anubhav MCommunity Manager
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      Oct 14, 2026 9:39 PM UTC

      Hello ​@Grundoon Groundhog 

       

      I’m sorry to hear about your experience. Could you please try the suggestions in this help article (https://helpx.adobe.com/fonts/web/web-design-and-development/troubleshoot-fonts-illustrator-indesign.html) and see if they resolve the problem?

       

      Looking forward to hearing from you.
      Anubhav

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      Grundoon GroundhogAuthor
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      Oct 14, 2026 8:58 PM UTC

      I have activated most of the Adobe Garamond fonts for a publication I’ve been producing for years. When I go to Find/Replace sometimes all of the activated fonts are available in the Replace With list and sometimes not. Why does this happen? How do I avoid it? I need Adobe Garamond Pro Medium, and it just isn’t lsted.

      If I use the Paragraph Style the correct font replaces the “wrong” one (flowed in from Word). This is helpful but it would be much more efficient to Find/Replace, as I lose the formatting of special paragraphs, such as extracts.

       

       

       

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