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JG4MI
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August 30, 2024
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Unwanted foreign language fonts

  • August 30, 2024
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There have been no answers in the community forums for removing hundreds of unwanted foreign fonts that all of a sudden appear in the fonts menu. Adobe offers no help whatsoever with this except to remove ALL your fonts and start over. That does not address the problem of how they SNEAK in, in the first place. Adobe says they have no control over this. Excuse me??? I did not ask to be invaded after I download an Adobe font from CC. That's when it happened. Adobe takes monthly charges but will never help with answers. 

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    Lumigraphics
    Legend
    August 30, 2024

    What fonts are you referring to? And what operating system are you using? Both Apple and Microsoft have built-in fonts.

    JG4MI
    JG4MIAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    August 30, 2024

    These are not built in fonts. They just appeared in my font menu in Illustrator. I was on with Adobe for over 8 hours over two days, constantly getting disconnected from India where everyone is. No one knows anything. I then went into Font Book which Adobe didn't even suggest and disabled as many as I could but there are still close to 100 that could not be disabled. These are NOT system fonts nor fonts I downloaded. Arabic, Japanese, Chinese and Hindi are not system fonts for me. Adobe support is so inept but will take your monthly fees for faulty software and incompetent workers who you also cannot understand.

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    Boomtown5242997
    Participant
    September 2, 2024

    Both Mac and Windows install a lot of fonts for various languages, even if your operating system isn't set to use these languages. It's not advised to remove these as it can break compatibility with some websites or system dialogs.

     

    As for Adobe, they do bundle a fair amount of fonts with their software (see the list here). These font files can usually be found either in the Adobe directory and/or in your Illustrator install directory. I can't say what would happen if you delete them, so you may want to keep a backup of any folders you modify so you can restore them if it breaks the software.

     

    It is a pain though, whether they're Adobe or OS default fonts. I wish there was a "hide" button next to fonts in the font picker, similar to the option to favourite them.

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