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jonathank64498776
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March 1, 2019
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User installed fonts not usable in Adobe applications

  • March 1, 2019
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As of Windows 10 1803, users have been able to install fonts to their machines without requiring local administrator privileges.

There are currently two options when you right click a font file:

Install - Does not require local administrator privileges, the font will be installed to "AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Fonts"

Install for all users -  Does require local administrator privileges, the font will be installed to "%SystemRoot%\Fonts"

Currently if a user does not have local administrator privileges and opts to use the "Install" option Adobe applications do not discover the font.

Are there any plans to change this? It would be great if Adobe applications searched both directories for fonts so that users without local administrator privileges could install fonts themselves and then use them in Adobe applications without having to use a third party font manager tool.

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    Correct answer Dov Isaacs

    There is a known issue with both InDesign and Illustrator with regards to recognizing and/or packaging fonts that are not installed for all users.

     

    I personally submitted the bug for remediation and we expect that this will be resolved in the next version of both Illustrator and InDesign.

     

                  - Dov

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    Dov Isaacs
    Dov IsaacsCorrect answer
    Legend
    October 4, 2019

    There is a known issue with both InDesign and Illustrator with regards to recognizing and/or packaging fonts that are not installed for all users.

     

    I personally submitted the bug for remediation and we expect that this will be resolved in the next version of both Illustrator and InDesign.

     

                  - Dov

    - Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)
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    JonathanKBSP
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    October 9, 2019
    Thanks for your response Dov, is there an issue tracker for this so that I can be aware when this has been resolved?
    Dov Isaacs
    Dov Isaacs
    Legend
    October 10, 2019

    There is no “issue tracker” but I do know definitively that the fix will be in the next full release of InDesign.

     

             - Dov

    - Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)
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