InDesign: "Backgroud Tasks" constantly spinning for "add font"

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October 26, 2025
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Doing a rather large book layout after being away fron InDesign for a while, and suddenly BACKGROUND TASKS is constantly spinning up in my menu panel.

When I click on the "spinner," it says "Adding Font - Roboto..." This seems to be perpetual, because it never stops spinning.

I think I remember a nifty shortcut to locate and change a font, but I'm not having luck - as I mentioned, I've been away for a while..

I apologize for the somewhat simple question (I used to handle this pretty simply) - - Is there a quick and efficient way to find this wayward font and eliminate it so TASKS can rest?

Mike Witherell

Community Expert

John,

What happens if you acquire that google font from google instead of fonts.adobe.com?

https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Roboto

Mike Witherell

J

JohnruexpAuthor

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I don't know whether it's a Google Font and, frankly, I don't recall using anything like that in the whole publication..

I'm working to find an instance of that font on 300+ pages and having no luck (I'm a bit rusty at the shortcuts and "best routes," sorry to say.). I'm now trying to get efficient at finding instances of fonts.

J

JohnruexpAuthor

Known Participant

Some additional info: When I do a "Find Font," the ROBOTO font in question does NOT appear in the "list of fonts used in this document" that I can choose from.

So, InDesign is churning endlessly to acquire a fint that is not in use.

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