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annak69698000
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December 15, 2017
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Not able to replace missing fonts in Photoshop CC [2017]

  • December 15, 2017
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I have missing fonts when I open the Photoshop document. I choose "type > resolve missing fonts", where the only fonts listed to choose from are fonts that are already in the document.

 

To try to solve this, I made a new text layer in the document with all the fonts that I would need (bold, black, etc.).

 

I went back to "type > resolve missing fonts", and all the fonts I need are now displayed as options. Yay! However, I go through the whole list and choose the right fonts that I need to switch to, then click "Resolve Fonts", and absolutely nothing happens.. literally. The resolve missing fonts window closes, and the missing font layers still have the yellow triangle showing.

 

If I try to edit the text layer, it reverts to Myriad Pro. SO ANNOYING.

 

I'm on an iMac, using the most updated Adobe CC. All fonts that I want to use are installed and functional. Help!

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    troyjack
    Inspiring
    April 16, 2020

    It's 2020, same problem here as OP. Working on a Mac Pro w/ Mojave, using Suitcase with Google Fonts. Replacing a missing font in a document with a font that already exists in the document does nothing.

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      johnh99259726
      Participant
      November 21, 2023

      It's now November 2023 and Adobe is still yanking us around with this stupid issue. 

      Kevin Stohlmeyer
      Community Expert
      Kevin StohlmeyerCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      November 21, 2023

      @johnh99259726 this post is 6 years old. If you are having a current issue with Fonts and Photoshop 25.1 please post a new thread with details to better assist you.

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      nicknicholas
      Participant
      August 17, 2018

      I didn't make this video, but it is exactly what the OP is saying.

      How to Resolve Missing Fonts in Photoshop CC. Sometimes. Maybe. - YouTube​

      Maybe in the next few year Photoshop will adopt the Illustrator method of replacing fonts. I hope it is not the other way around.

        The_Badger
        The_Badger
        Known Participant
        February 28, 2018

        I'm encountering similar issues on a Windows 7 machine running the latest version of CC 2018.

        It appears I change change everything to Myriad Pro but still get warning and I'm now uncertain what's been changed and what hasn't/

        Did you find a solution?

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        Dynamic Office
        Legend
        March 1, 2018

        Be sure you're signed in, missing fonts usually have something to do with being sync from typekit.

        The_Badger
        The_Badger
        Known Participant
        March 1, 2018

        Yes I'm signed in. However, sync from typekit doesn't work and Photoshop won't allow me to select a system font. It's hugely irritating and frustrating.

        Generally, I'm preparing client files for Print and when they use fonts I don't have I need to replace them, as it is Photoshop is just painful to use.

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          Community Expert
          Mariam HovhannesyanCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          January 25, 2018

          Does that font installed on you iMac?

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          hollvetica
          Known Participant
          January 25, 2018

          I am having this same problem replacing helvetica with arial!!

          Choose Resolve fonts, select Arial, click resolve fonts...tada! nothing happens.

          If i instead choose REPLACE all missing fonts, it replaces them with myriad pro, no options between the step to select anything else. just auto replace based on what photoshop prefers, which i would imagine is useful .001% of the time.

          For the record, this issue is occurring on my windows machine. (Brand spankin new pc, fresh photoshop install)

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            Dynamic Office
            Legend
            December 15, 2017

            What is the font, please? sometimes fake or illegally downloaded font's don't work correctly.

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              annak69698000Author
              Participant
              December 15, 2017

              Gotham (bold, black, book), and Stratum No2 (bold, black). They're standard fonts that I've had and used for years. Downloaded legally.

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              parns
              Participant
              March 19, 2018

              Seems pretty clear to me that Adobe is forcing users down the Typekit path. There's no way to select and replace individual fonts in Photoshop anymore. They removed the functionality so that we have to use Typekit. Would love to hear from someone at Adobe that this isn't true, but something tells me it is.

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