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BlaydRunner001
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January 7, 2019
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Too many fonts

  • January 7, 2019
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is there a way to (safely) prune the font list in InDesign. I can’t for the life of me understand why hundreds of fonts show up in their menu when I only need to use several per job. Does any other Mac-user find creating style sheets a massive, soul-draining operation because of this?

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      Correct answer Dov Isaacs

      The very simple reason why so many fonts show up in your font menu in InDesign is because you have all those fonts installed and active on your computer system.

      To eliminate all those fonts showing up in your font menu, you have two main choices:

      (1) Reduce the number of fonts permanently installed on your computer system. Of course you will need to be exceptionally careful not to prune away fonts required by your operating system (Windows or MacOS).

      (2) Use a third party font manager to allow selective activating / deactivating of families of fonts or individual fonts. This also will require some discipline on your part.

                - Dov

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      JonathanArias
      JonathanArias
      Legend
      February 24, 2021

      if you were to use a professional font manager you can de-activate fonts. i do that.

      Something like suitcase fusion is a much better way to manage your fonts versus using fontbook. 

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      quoz
      Inspiring
      November 8, 2023

      We use Suitcase Fusion, but it does not (and per their support, cannot) deactivate system fonts--they always show up in the Adobe menus.

       

      We edit documents coming from many customers and projects, and the "favorites" vary nearly every time we open a document to make changes. What I'd really like to do is tuck away those we never use--put them out of immediate sight in the Character and Find Font palettes, if not out of system.  Examples are all the Notos, STYX, and asian fonts. The long list seems especially cumbersome in Find Font, as the order in which substitutes are presented is often mysterious to me and I tend to initially slide past the font I'm looking for.

       

      I'm guessing what seems simple to our eyes may be more difficult on the Adobe programming side, but I'll still echo this request.

      rob day
      Community Expert
      rob dayCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      November 8, 2023

      Hi @quoz If you are using MacOS or OSX this tells you what fonts are required by the OS:

       

      http://www.jklstudios.com/

       

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      coldjtf
      Inspiring
      January 7, 2019

      A quicker, simpler solution - use the favourites star in InDesign (in the fonts pallet), to reduce the number of fonts visible to just the ones you use the most.

      Dov Isaacs
      Dov IsaacsCorrect answer
      Legend
      January 7, 2019

      The very simple reason why so many fonts show up in your font menu in InDesign is because you have all those fonts installed and active on your computer system.

      To eliminate all those fonts showing up in your font menu, you have two main choices:

      (1) Reduce the number of fonts permanently installed on your computer system. Of course you will need to be exceptionally careful not to prune away fonts required by your operating system (Windows or MacOS).

      (2) Use a third party font manager to allow selective activating / deactivating of families of fonts or individual fonts. This also will require some discipline on your part.

                - Dov

      - Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)
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        BlaydRunner001Author
        Participant
        January 7, 2019

        Thanks Dov.

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