I am struggling with Acrobat - HOW do I get an activated font to actually show up? I HATE CLOUD APPS

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December 19, 2021
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I am a very basic adobe acrobat user and pay nearly $20 a month for my kids in college.

NOT good with this thing at all.

I want a certain font. I went and activated it.

It does not show up in the GINORMOUS list of fonts. Dragging me down.... this is endless and painful.

I HATE CLOUD applications and do not want to use the creative cloud AT ALL, EVER, PERIOD.

HOW do I get these fonts to show up? and NOT use any cloud

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Dave Creamer of IDEAS

Community Expert

What version of Adobe Acrobat are you using? Are you using your kid's Creative Cloud account and using Acrobat Pro DC--or are you simply using Adobe Acrobat Reader? What are you trying to do with the font--edit the PDF itself or use it in a form field?

I was able to activate a font from the Creative Cloud and use it in Acrobat Pro DC. (I did have to restart the app.) Unless you (or your kids if using the same Adobe account) activated a ginormous amount of fonts from the Adobe, the fonts you are see are on your computer. If they are Adobe fonts, you can pause the syncing under your CC app preferences.

Most Adobe Creative Cloud programs are not "in the cloud". You download them and they reside on your computer. Same is true for the fonts. You are not required to store your PDFs or any other documents on the cloud. After you install the apps or fonts you want, your Creative Cloud app just needs to check in periodically on the internet to make sure your account is active.

David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)

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Leann22314742zoi9Author

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I need classes on Adobe

But, first, I need someone to tell me if I even have the right product.

Everything I google about "how to" in Adobe - my screen doesn't look like
the examples. I can't find any of the keys they say to click. I can't even
figure out the Creative Cloud link - my screen doesn't show one.

ALL the fonts are in a list with no preview of what they look like - easily
200 of them - no idea what they look like.

The PDF I was working on - every single keystroke makes the screen flash
blank and then it puts back all my work - every single keystroke.....

This is maddening.

Should not be this hard to use.

Joel Cherney

Community Expert

Well, I bet we can at least figure out what app you have, and guide you to help resources appropriate to your product. Do you know how to take screenshots? You can do it easily in either Windows 10 or macOS - those links will lead you to instructions on how to take a screenshot. Take a screenshot or three of your version of Acrobat - maybe the Help -> About screen? Then you can post those screenshots here on this forum using the button I've circled in red:

Then, at the very least, we can tell you exactly which product you have and guide you to appropriate help screens. There's more than one way to pay for Acrobat, and I honestly don't know which one costs $20 per month. It's not just Acrobat DC, and it's not the complete Creative Cloud either, as neither of those cost $20/mo. In fact, looking at the plans available, there isn't anything that costs exactly that amount of money. In any case, we'll help you figure out which one you have, which is at least a good place to start resolving your questions.

Joel Cherney

Community Expert

I hear your frustration, but I'm not sure if I can help you out if you don't want to use Creative Cloud / Document Cloud at all. There might be a few ways, though. I suspect that you activated a font at fonts.adobe.com, correct? That should make that font available to your desktop apps, if you are running the Creative Cloud app and signed in. So, it might not show up in Acrobat if you're not signed in. Also, most Adobe apps will show your freshly activated font immediately, but other apps, particularly old non-Adobe apps, sometimes need to be restarted before they'll show you your freshly installed (or activated) font.

If you'd rather not touch Creative Cloud at all, then there's still hope. Many of the fonts that come for free with the Creative Cloud subscription are also available for good old-fashioned purchase, just as we did for decades before the advent of CC/DC/etc. So you might be able to find the foundry that made the font in the first place, and purchase a desktop license for it.

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Leann22314742zoi9Author

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My screens don't look like anything on help sites.

I don't even know where the Creative Cloud icon is - it is not on my screen.

Not even sure I am in the right product.

But they keep taking nearly $20 a month.

My kids hate this thing too.

It should not be this hard........

I need Adobe classes that are simple and straightforward.

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