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Rhokin
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March 23, 2023
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InDesign crashes upon launch, foreign fonts still problematic

  • March 23, 2023
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Fellow Adobe users and hopefully developers,

I've already asked the Apple community about how to remove all the additional foreign fonts on our Adobe software but it seems I'm caught in a in-between state of Apple/Adobe alluding it is the responsibility of the other party to remove the additional foreign fonts. I understand the concept of the Mac OS needing many options of fonts, I've just run into the very big problem of InDesign crashing upon launch (Day 3 of this... very bad for productivity), which drove me to research what to do when I stumbled upon a post that said to try clearing the Font cache on my MacBook Pro. I did, it seems to help launch InDesign more consistently but it still crashed a few times until this moment (knock on wood). If I needed to clear my font cache on my Mac OS yet still see multiple pages of foreign fonts on my Adobe software (bracing to see what havoc the next launch of InDesign will bring) this still leaves the problem of which company will resolve the multi-language fonts showing in our font options that we don't need? Which company will step up - Adobe or Apple? SOS

Signed,

Feel like I'm caught in the middle of a nasty battle of will

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    Correct answer Rhokin

    Just created an InDesign request for the font language filter. Thank you for the suggestion and link to the UserVoice page, hopeful there will be a resolution. 

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    RhokinAuthor
    Inspiring
    June 5, 2024

    A year later and Adobe still offers a multitude of foreign fonts for its cloud-based software that cannot be turned off in the cascade of font options, eating up space and simply slows down work flow for those of us who speak and work in one language.

     

    A request to Adobe:  Include an option in the "font filter" to turn on/off each language of fonts. Possibly creating a solution to this multi-language font issue.

      Anubhav M
      Community Manager
      Anubhav MCommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      July 3, 2024

      Hello @Rhokin,

      Thanks for reaching out. I understand that this functionality is important to you, and I apologize for its unavailability at this time. Would you mind creating a UserVoice for this feature request (https://adobe.ly/3W9Ig8w) and adding your comments there? Doing this will help us prioritize this request, and you will be notified of any updates.

       

      Feel free to reach out if you have more questions or need assistance. We'd be happy to help.

       

      Thanks,

      Anubhav

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      RhokinAuthorCorrect answer
      Inspiring
      July 8, 2024

      Just created an InDesign request for the font language filter. Thank you for the suggestion and link to the UserVoice page, hopeful there will be a resolution. 

        Steve Werner
        Community Expert
        Steve WernerCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        March 23, 2023

        How do you know that it's "foreign fonts" which are causing your crashes. I never worry about international fonts that get installed on my system or try to remove them, and I NEVER get such crashes.

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        RhokinAuthor
        Inspiring
        March 23, 2023

        The foreign fonts shown on Adobe product font options are mostly what this post is referring to, through discussion on Apple community board and this board (2019) there still isn't a resolution of how to disable or at least not view all the options of foreign fonts while using InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop specifically. The crash upon launch of InDesign brought me to an option of clearing the font cache in particular. Causation or correlation... I cannot answer that as that is beyond my scope. It simply caused me to recall the lack of restraint Adobe and Apple has with their foreign font cascade of options without ability to turn them off, so to speak. If you regularly use these software programs, you would feel the pain.

          Steve Werner
          Community Expert
          Steve WernerCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          March 23, 2023

          Well, we'll have to agree to disagree. I see nothing wrong is having lots of options for using the various language systems around the world. It is helpful for me and others to have those options without having to pay for a expensive add-ons.

           

          They have no negative effect on me nor most other people (you're the first person I've heard complain of this).

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