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August 25, 2026
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InDesign will not load all the installed fonts.

  • August 25, 2026
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No matter how I install the fonts, InDesign won’t make them available. I’ve used third-party font managers, Font Book, installed fonts directly into the system library and added them to the Fonts subfolder in the InDesign folder.

The fonts appear I all my other applications including Illustrator and Photoshop.

Interestingly, unavailable fonts become available in previously created documents that use a particular font. I can select the text and change the wight of the font, but it still doesn’t show up in the font list pull-down menu. I can also copy and paste the text into a new document to use a specific font. However, If I want to use a newly added font, there is no way to access it in InDesign.

I have tried all the standard trouble-shooting methods including uninstalling and reinstalling InDesign.

I am on a Mac with all the latest software updates.

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leo.r
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Community Expert
August 25, 2026

I know you mentioned all the standard trouble-shooting methods, but just to make sure: did you try to clear InDesign caches:
https://www.rockymountaintraining.com/adobe-indesign-rebuilding-preferences-cache/