/t5/adobe-fonts-discussions/typekit-is-sooooooo-slow/td-p/10511056May 08, 2019
May 08, 2019
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Is anyone else having this issue? I was waiting nigh on 10 minutes for Typekit to activate one font. It was telling me it was activated in the browser, but no mention of it in the desktop menu app and eventually the small window popped up top right to say it was activated. Sorry Adobe, but that is a ridiculous length of time to activate one font. Have had this issue with various other fonts too. Puts me off using Typekit if this is how long it takes.
/t5/adobe-fonts-discussions/typekit-is-sooooooo-slow/m-p/11160948#M2869May 26, 2020
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Yes - Adobe Typekit is horrible. I activate -- it shows it's been activated on the web but takes forever to show up in Illustrator -- I quit/open multiple times but nothing helps.
Also there used to be a feature in the cloud app that showed the progress bar on updates -- including fonts -- now I can't find that to check on activations. Again -- very frustrating.
I literally have to stop working on my projects and come back to them later when the typeface I need is finally available .
/t5/adobe-fonts-discussions/typekit-is-sooooooo-slow/m-p/11160999#M2871May 26, 2020
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I've found a work around to force fonts to update; open Creative Cloud, click the gear icon, go to services, and disable and enable Adobe Fonts. I also disabled and endabled syncing, so i'm not sure which one triggered it for sure.
Hello, I've tried that and it still doesn't work... I remember it was never this bad. It really messes with my workflow when I'm trying to get Garamond and it takes forever! Also, the fact that Adobe can't keep me logged into their Creative Cloud or online website is really frustrating. Anyone else having logging in issues?
Just want to update this proceedure, I've had it work for me multiple times. Click on your profile icon (blue circle thing upper right. Click preferences. Click on Services tab. Toggle Adobe Fonts off and back on.
have had this same issue for months as well....noticed a comment here stating to go into the cloud app, click the gear icon and disable/enable adobe fonts -- but before I could do that I noticed I had an update to install to the cloud app. Updated, boom, my pending fonts loaded.
EVEN if this does work - Adobe, your customer support and bloatware is driving is all f*****g nuts.
/t5/adobe-fonts-discussions/typekit-is-sooooooo-slow/m-p/11547643#M3215Oct 28, 2020
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Just to echo everyone's comments here. Typekit is abysmal. Wasted 20 minutes of an already busy morning to activate one family of fonts (that still hasn't worked).
Plan B of downloading them and installing them locally will now become Plan A. Typekit simply does not function as intended.
And to actually make matters worse, despite deactivating the fonts in Typekit, InDesign is still trying to activate one in background tasks so I can't get on with Share for Review because Montserrat Medium is still merrily turning itself over for ever and ever in the background.
Oh dear, I found this thread after "updating" to CC from CS7 last week.
The whole way it handles fonts is so confusing, I have hundreds of fonts saved to my hard drive, but have been trying to active the official ones via CC job by job. I'm trying to a job which needs Montserrat, and I just can't start, as the fonts are still syncing 30 mins after I activated them. I try to upload my own version, but it won't let me as it's available with the the Adobe Fonts Library. I may have to go back to my ancient mac to get the job done.
/t5/adobe-fonts-discussions/typekit-is-sooooooo-slow/m-p/11641595#M3328Dec 01, 2020
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Same issue. I now hit a wall every time I try to use this pretty basic feature of a service I pay a monthly fee for. Fonts I thought I had ready to go are randomly disabled. Anything new I want to experiment with ... yeah good luck with that. Half an hour later, I'm still waiting on two font families I need for a project.
/t5/adobe-fonts-discussions/typekit-is-sooooooo-slow/m-p/11641657#M3329Dec 01, 2020
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Is anyone else using Extensis Suitcase Fusion? I've come to realize when I activate a typekit font, it doesn't show in any of my apps for like 30 minutes (give or take, 20 minutes) .... but I recently discovered if I go through the typekit interface, go to the adobe fonts section, I see the typekit fonts are all there right away, set to 'permanent' activation. If I select them and disable them, and then set them to permanent again (toggle them on / off) they are immediately available in all the adobe cc apps.
/t5/adobe-fonts-discussions/typekit-is-sooooooo-slow/m-p/11820252#M3608Feb 09, 2021
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I've worked in different computers, different operational systems, different versions of the CC, different accounts and this is always a problem, no exception. No links you send us will help if the problem is within the code/design of the creative cloud. We could have a buttom inside the Creative Cloud to "check for new fonts added" and force it to install. Right now we just need to sit and wait for several minutes.
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