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Eva21760879jdm8
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November 15, 2021
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Keynote and Pages not recognizing activated fonts

  • November 15, 2021
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I have scoured the internet and threads for a viable solution to this problem. I am working on a Mac with the most updated Monterey iOS. I work in the creative field and it is imperative that my fonts load properly. Sadly, many of the font families that are activated on Creative Cloud don't show up properly in the "regular" or "book" typeface. The font is extremely condensed and words are on top of each other. I read that other people have had this problem and nothing seems to fix it. I've gone into Terminal and typed recommended codes. I've uninstalled and reinstalled after attempting to "clean" the cache, to no avail. Any ideas? Thanks

    Correct answer Cleoooo

    saw this in another thread and it worked for me. 
    "Have you installed the fonts for all apps to use? When adding fonts at the Adobe Fonts website the fonts are merely added for Adobe applications. That is the new default behavior. In order to make the fonts visible to all applications on a computer the fonts have to be installed by using the Creative Cloud desktop app. "

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    Chris Outlaw
    Chris Outlaw
    New Participant
    April 10, 2025

    Follow Cleoooo 's response

    And if it still doesn't work choose a headline or piece of text in your Keynote presentation and then use Command + T to bring up fonts choose all fonts in the left hand sidebar and find the font you've installed locally from Adobe Fonts click that and that will change the individual headline or piece of text into the font you want to use. One you've done this it will now be visible in the font choice dropdown or via the replace fonts feature. 

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    CleooooCorrect answer
    New Participant
    March 5, 2024

    saw this in another thread and it worked for me. 
    "Have you installed the fonts for all apps to use? When adding fonts at the Adobe Fonts website the fonts are merely added for Adobe applications. That is the new default behavior. In order to make the fonts visible to all applications on a computer the fonts have to be installed by using the Creative Cloud desktop app. "

      jeanner77707103
      jeanner77707103
      New Participant
      December 12, 2024

      this worked for me, TY!!!!

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      David29539699x32w
      New Participant
      April 30, 2023

      Just adding a note that I am also seeing this issue on macOS Ventura 13.1. Fonts are downloaded and activated in CC, and they show up just fine in Adobe apps, Microsoft apps, and other creative apps I use. However, they do not show up in the font list in any Apple software like Pages or Keynote—not even in TextEdit! I'm on the latest Adobe CC version, latest macOS version, and I don't know what else to do.

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        christopherjacobs
        Participating Frequently
        April 30, 2023

        Same here... won't show up.

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          TeamHotSauce
          New Participant
          November 17, 2022

          After running the Adobe CC Cleaner and uninstalling and reinstalling Adobe CC I still could not get CERTAIN fonts to show in Keynote, even though they would display in other native apps such as Sketch. 

           

          However, I had a co-worker make a Keynote slide with the fonts that would not display on my machine. I opened the single slide and the fonts worked and displayed in the fonts dropdown menu. Strange workaround to get an Adobe CC font to display in Keynote but it worked. 


          Running macOS Monterey 12.4.

           

           

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          Charles23456878we26
          New Participant
          March 24, 2022

          I am also having this problem... any word on a fix?

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            Eva21760879jdm8Author
            New Participant
            March 24, 2022

            I haven't had this issue for a while now. Once I updated everything and Adobe pushed out their updates, the problem resolved a few months ago. Sorry I can't help any more than this. Good luck

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            Chrlene99Z
            New Participant
            February 27, 2023

            I am also having this issue. 

             

            HARSHIKA_VERMA
            Community Manager
            HARSHIKA_VERMACommunity Manager
            Community Manager
            November 15, 2021

            Hi Eva21760879jdm8,

             

            Thank you for reaching out. It looks like you're experiencing the similar issue mentioned here: https://community.adobe.com/t5/adobe-fonts-discussions/adobe-fonts-not-displaying-correctly-in-apple-apps/td-p/12485753

             

            If so, then this is a known issue and the team is working with Apple to fix the issue.

             

            Let me know if this is not a similar issue.

             

            Thanks,

            Harshika

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            Drew2790128749zf
            New Participant
            January 5, 2024

            It's been two years... has this issue been fixed between Apple and Adobe? Because I have an Adobe font (Specter) that will not show up in Pages. I'm using Ventura 13.6. I've tried closing the program, rebooting, and reopening the program. It is still not working.

             

            Thank you

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              Adr0u
              New Participant
              January 8, 2024

              Is not solved, but with every font installed, not only Adobe. I've figured out that you have to press Command+T and then you can select the font that you want. Hope this helps.

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