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Tom25894182epyt
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February 12, 2026
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InDesign Not Recognizing Calibri After Windows Update

  • February 12, 2026
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Hi,

Getting an issue with indesign and not recognising the calibri system font installed. 

From what I can see, there’s a new version of calibri with a latest windows update. V6.26 > V6.27.

 

 

 

Myself and colleagues are effected, and this is spanning across a lot of our documents. Replacing the font does not fully solve the issue as any forms text fields will not update to the font box.

 

 

I’ve seen a similar post regarding this with the same issue on times new roman which is marked as resolved but it most certainly not.
 

 

FYI, installing calibri via adobe fonts does not work, we are getting a conflict likely due to it already being a system font.

 

We also running the latest version of indesign.

 

Any help on this?

      Correct answer Abhishek Rao

      Hi everyone,

       

      Thank you for your patience and for sharing your experiences. I wanted to share a quick update.

      Our team has confirmed that this is a known bug and is related to the same issue seen earlier with Times New Roman, where font changes after Windows updates affected how InDesign recognizes and matches system fonts. Ref:
      Times New Roman TTF replaced with OTF in InDesign 21.0, causing missing font errors | Community
      Similar recent updates to Calibri are also causing missing font warnings and substitution behavior in InDesign, and this is currently being worked on by the team.

      In the meantime, some users have found that opening the file in InDesign 2025, saving it there, and then reopening it in InDesign 2026 can help refresh the font reference as a temporary workaround. Additionally, if possible, you may try temporarily removing the Windows updates KB5077181 and KB5077869 and check if that helps.

      We’d also encourage you to upvote the related UserVoice report so the team can continue to track its impact:
      [ID-4272938] The new version of InDesign (21.0) does not recognize the Times New Roman font in files saved in the older version (20.5) – Adobe InDesign

      We understand how disruptive this has been, especially for teams relying on Calibri, and we really appreciate your patience.

      I will keep you posted with the updates and progress. 

      Abhishek

       

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      23 replies

      mjcarver1
      mjcarver1
      Participating Frequently
      February 24, 2026

      Any updates?

      christinaz56564206
      christinaz56564206
      Participant
      February 23, 2026

      On my PC I had the .ttf files for fonts and the others had .ttf with .otf variation in the file info. Mine did not have .otf variation noted in my files info. When my other coworkers “fix” the fonts and save a file its ends up all pink for me. If I “fix” the fonts and save it then shows up pink for them. 

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      francineg48634333
      Participant
      February 22, 2026

      Also Segoe UI Emoji seems affected…. aargghhh
      Now also my ebook covers are an issue and I desperately need to make changes.

      christinaz56564206
      christinaz56564206
      Participant
      February 20, 2026

      We are having the same issues with Roboto font family on PCs. Our mac users are not affected. 

      molebot
      molebot
      Participant
      February 20, 2026

      The only way I’ve found to resolve the issue is by removing Windows 11 updates every five weeks, which seems to be the limit. This has been happening since November 2025, and I am responsible for several devices facing the same problem. I urgently need a solution!--endfragment>!--startfragment>

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        francineg48634333
        Participant
        February 19, 2026

        Having the same problem. It started today, pink highlighting all over my ebooks and Adobe not recognising Calibri. I ran a Windows update yesterday afternoon. Tried updating the font just now, nothing seems to work. What's funny is that yesterday Adobe didn't have an issue, but the epub I made from the ebook looked all funny; everything showed up in italic. Now I know why. Would rather not have to change ALL my documents. This is a freaking nightmare as far as I'm concerned.

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          augustinas_4503
          Participant
          February 18, 2026

          I’ve got the same problem. I downgraded to InDesign 2025, and for now it works. The 2026 version keeps having major problems. Previously, I couldn’t save many InDesign files...for no apparent reason. It would give an error and keep crashing. I’m sticking with 2025 until the problems are resolved...

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            tamas.nagykalnai
            Participating Frequently
            February 17, 2026

            It's quite frustrating that there is no solution to this seemingly simple problem. Unfortunately, the brand of one of our company's main client is based on a system font (Calibri), so this is about as inconvenient for us as having to re-set the car infotainment system before starting everytime because it forgets all main settings by turning off the ignition. I don't know if this is a problem on Microsoft's or Adobe's side, but something went wrong, and the lack of a solution is frustrating.

            I've tried everything above, below and beyond, without success. I haven't tried it on a Mac yet, it's worth a try tonight, I'll write if the end result is different.

              mjcarver1
              mjcarver1
              Participating Frequently
              February 17, 2026

              I’m having a hard time understanding how issues like this are getting past QA checks...but I’m assuming Microsoft/Adobe have QA checks.

              mjcarver1
              mjcarver1
              Participating Frequently
              February 16, 2026

              We’re dealing with this same issue on a company-wide level, and Calibri is a standard font in almost all of our document templates. 

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              Tom25894182epytAuthor
              Participant
              February 16, 2026

              Thanks for the replies on this post everyone.

              It seems its just something we’ll have to navigate around as its an adobe > windows, windows > adobe issue. To answer some Q’s I’ve seen. Using latest version of indesign, files do not have a documents folder next to it. 

              Im unable to rollback on updates as I have no control over company IT/Security policies, and would seem silly just for the sake of one font. Unable to delete the microsoft font either even with admin (does well to be mates with IT teams) as its a system font.

              We can update the font to the 6.27 version of calibri in our documents, and go through the ballache of manually recreating the text fields. if only we could charge Adobe/Microsoft for time.

               

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