How to install google fonts in Acrobat Reader under Windows10

[Alex Scheune]

Hi,

anyone experience how to intslla a google font into acrobat reader DC ?

Thx

Cheers

Alex

[Dov Isaacs]

You can't install a font into Acrobat Reader. You install the font onto your system.

You go to the Google fonts website, find the font you need. Download for there onto your system. You may need to extract the font from within a ZIP file. Install the font by right-clicking on the font file and select Install for All Users.

The font should then be available from within any application once you restart the application.

[Alex Scheune]

Hi Dov,

thank you so much, sometimes things are much more easier than it seems.. it works thx

[sigma_9368]

I'm afraid that this does not seem to work, the font (Arial) is on my system, it is also installed on my Adobe account however does not show as an option in Acrobat. As ever, UX issue with Adobe persist. Now for some reason Arial does show as an option, but when I select Arial it defaults to Helvetica, even though Arial is the one selected.

[creative explorer]

@sigma_9368 it works for me... but because you posted your comment in Acrobat Reader, you cannot edit a PDF in Acrobat. 

I use Acrobat Pro, and I can change my fonts to Arial as shown:

[AnandSri]

Hello @sigma_9368!

I hope you are doing well, and thanks for reaching out.

++Adding to what our community product expert has shared, in Adobe Acrobat Reader, the “font picker” for adding or editing text is limited to the PDF “Base 14” fonts (Times, Helvetica, Courier, Symbol, ZapfDingbats). Arial isn’t one of those, so:

• When you choose “Arial” in the Reader UI, it falls back to Helvetica (the closest Base 14 sans-serif).

• Reader can’t load new TrueType/OpenType fonts for form-filling orAdd Text; it only uses what’s embedded in the PDF or the predefined PDF standard fonts.

• System fonts ≠ Reader edit fonts. The Acrobat Reader only uses embedded PDF fonts plus the 14 standard PostScript fonts.

• No font installation menu. Unlike Word or Illustrator, Reader doesn’t scan your C:\Windows\Fonts or Adobe Fonts library for new faces.

• Use Acrobat Pro DC

  • Pro lets you specify any installed system font when editing or creating text in a PDF.

• Pre-embed Arial into the PDF before opening in Reader

  • In Word or InDesign, set your text to Arial, then Export → PDF, making sure “Embed fonts” is checked. Reader will then display and print the text in Arial.

• Convert the PDF to a fillable form with embedded fonts

  • In Acrobat Pro: All Tools → Prepare Form → add a form field, choose Arial (since Pro can load it), then Reader users filling the form will see and print in Arial.

Reader can’t add or load new fonts for text editing; it only uses the built-in Base 14 fonts (Arial isn’t one of them). To truly use Arial, you must either embed it in the PDF up front or edit the PDF with Acrobat Pro, which supports system fonts.

I hope this helps.

Thanks,

Anand Sri.