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paulienv30632380
paulienv30632380
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February 9, 2024
Question

Indesign does not show installed TTF font

  • February 9, 2024
  • 5 replies
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Hi,

 

I use a free TTF font called "High Voltage Rough" (not Adobe) and I installed it without any problem on my Windows computer. I can use it in every Adobe app, except for Indesign. It does not appear in the list of fonts. I tried redownloading it, deleting it from my computer and re-installing, giving it new names, ... But nothing helps. I did the Indesign reset recently (shift+alt+ctrl) hoping this would help, but the problem is still there.

 

How can I solve this?

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    BobLevine
    Community Expert
    BobLevineCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    February 10, 2024

    How did you install it? What version of Windows? There were some issues in the past if you didn't use the install for all users choice. 

     

    BTW, free is always a crapshoot since you typically get what you pay for so where did you download it from? It appears to be available from several free font sites.

      paulienv30632380
      paulienv30632380Author
      Participant
      February 14, 2024

      I installed it by downloading it, unzipping it in my download folder, opening it and clicking the 'install'-button. 

      For every other free font it always worked, never had any troubles, except for this font...

       

       

      Vivek-Sharma
      Community Manager
      Vivek-SharmaCommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      February 9, 2024

      @paulienv30632380  Thank you for reaching out to us. As Steve mentioned, please provide more details related to your OS, ID version, etc., so we can assist you better. Meanwhile, please try some common troubleshooting steps shown in this video and share the outcome.

       

      Regards,
      Vivek

      paulienv30632380
      paulienv30632380Author
      Participant
      February 14, 2024

      I tried, didn't work. I put everything in the 'Fonts'-folder but I noticed this folder was completely empty. Is this normal?

      rob day
      Community Expert
      rob dayCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      February 9, 2024

      Hi @paulienv30632380 , InDesign's character panel lets you filter the font list, doublecheck that you haven't accidentally turned on a filter.

      paulienv30632380
      paulienv30632380Author
      Participant
      February 14, 2024

      Checked it, no filter turned on.

      Steve Werner
      Community Expert
      Steve WernerCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      February 9, 2024

      Here's a solution that works for some people. Place the font in InDesign's Fonts folder:

       

      Copy the font to the InDesign font folder: On Mac OS X: Applications/InDesign/Fonts. On Windows: Program Files/Adobe/InDesign [version]/Fonts.
      paulienv30632380
      paulienv30632380Author
      Participant
      February 14, 2024

      Tried this one but didn't work...

      Operating system: Windows 10

      Indesign: Adobe Indesign 2024

      Steve Werner
      Community Expert
      Steve WernerCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      February 9, 2024

      Please tell us more about your system: Please tell us what operating system (exactly) you're running. Please tell us (exactly) what InDesign version you're using.

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