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Iósif Plamya
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October 21, 2020
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SF Symbols won't appear in prototypes

  • October 21, 2020
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So, first of all, I'm new to Adobe XD, I've always used Figma. The thing is I'm doing this iPhone app prototype and I'm using SF fonts. SF font by itself works fine, both in desktop and in the prototype. The problem is when using SF Symbols, wich I believe is some sort of new font/program Apple released recently (not sure tho). So this font doesn't appear in fonts lists in any program, not even Apple one's like Pages or Keynote. For using these symbols you have to go to this program called SF Symbols, look for the one you need, copy it and paste it as text in the program you're working, Adobe XD in this case.

 

Now, the problem is XD seems to recognize the symbols when working in the desktop program but when testing the prototype on my phone there are [?] errors where symbols should be. For testing it I used Adobe XD app and select the project from the cloud, don't know if there's another way. I attached some screenshots where you can see what I'm talking about.

 

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    Rishabh_Tiwari
    Community Manager
    Rishabh_TiwariCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    October 21, 2020

    Hi there,

     

    Thanks for reaching out. While previewing the design on the mobile device if the fonts are not transferred then it gets replaced by the system font. So please install the font on the mobile device and then check if it works or if you need any further assistance. 

     

    Regards

    Rishabh

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    Iósif PlamyaAuthor
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    October 21, 2020

    That's the problem, I don't know how to transfer this font because it doesn't work as a font itself. It doesn't appear in my Mac as an installed font because it's a program, not a font itself. As I said before, it doesn't even appear in the font lists in Apple's programs like FontBook, Pages or Keynote. 

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    hiepp68428715
    Participant
    November 28, 2021

    Problem still not addressed Adobe. This has to do with SF Symbols. It shows fine on Adobe XD Desktop. Only doesn't show on  Adobe XD Iphone App. You guys need to fix this.  


    I have the same problem. The fonts don't even display in Illustrator. It's no good having access to these if these are unreliable. Thought it was very cool that they were a family of scaleable fonts, but they can't disappear unexpectely and they need to be downloadable for reliable. Also, it's a problem that they are only available on new ios programs. This really limits their use.

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