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July 1, 2019
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How do I add fonts to Adobe XD?

  • July 1, 2019
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Fonts installed on my PC aren't showing up in Adobe XD, how do I add them?

Edit: I should clarify when I say installed I mean activated via a font manager (FontBase, NexusFont, etc.) They show up in Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.

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    Correct answer RonaldTain

    I was having a VERY hard time with Adobe XD finding the fonts I activated with FontBase, BUT I have found the unusual solution to fix that problem by simply —

     

    • Go to Settings (it should be a vertical ellipsis "…") in FontBase
    • Change the Root folder location to "C:/FontBase" (or C:\FontBase — not sure if it's front or backslash)

     

    Very strange that Adobe XD didn't find my fonts to the default location FontBase put it (originally located in "C:\Users\%PROFILE%\FontBase"), so changing that location solved my issue.

     

    Hopefully, this helps a lot of you out there!

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    soha.barakat
    Participant
    December 25, 2022

    where is the Settings???

     

    HARSHIKA_VERMA
    Community Manager
    HARSHIKA_VERMACommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    December 26, 2022

    Hi @soha.barakat,

     

    Thankyou for reaching out. We would request you to please share the below details-

     

    • Are you trying to add fonts to the Creative Cloud desktop app or system?
    • You can activate the font from Adobe Fonts site: https://fonts.adobe.com/
    • Are you on Mac or Windows machine?
    • Do you have any font managers like FontBase, NexusFont, etc.? 

     

    We will try our best to help.

     

    Thanks,

    Harshika

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    Angelina5C18
    Participant
    January 25, 2021

    How do you get to the XD settings on a Mac? There is a font I downloaded to the creative cloud but it didn't upload to XD and I'm trying to follow your instructions but Im new to XD so I will need some guidence.

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      Prowhiz
      Participating Frequently
      October 29, 2020

      The Fontbase trick works until you try including .OTF fonts. For some reason, Adobe XD doesn't recognize OTF fonts

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      sanka5E6E
      Participant
      September 6, 2020

      I enabled font via https://fonts.adobe.com/fonts  Then, I could see the new font in my adobe Xd

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        Ardent5CB9
        Participant
        October 29, 2020

        Hi everyone,

         

        this doesn't work for me, I would even prefer to not use Adobe fonts at all and only deal with local ones. I am tired of this s*** that keeps me away from real tasks, considering Figma a little more every day because of that.

        Hey Adobe, somebody here ? 

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          rpradosilva
          Participant
          August 3, 2020

          I can't change it as "/" for the address. As you did?

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          Prowhiz
          Participating Frequently
          November 27, 2020

          Go into fontbase settings. Under Root folder

          jujuy85
          jujuy85
          Participant
          June 24, 2020

          whatt???! I L O V E Y O U!! I was tired to look everywhere to find a solution to this!! close XD, close fontbase, open again, restart the computer, crazy solutions! lol
          thank you so so much!!

            jan christophp25794753
            jan christophp25794753
            Participant
            May 22, 2020

            Unfortunally non of the solutions works for me. I'm on Macos Catalina with latest XD. 

            The Fonts are displayed in XD but not in the demos on ios iphone or ipad.

            I tried everything mentioned in this threat.  Complete random if a cusstom font (mainly google fonts) works or not. Sometimes it works, sometimes not, sometimes days later. Its impossible to work with clients on projects if they cant see the right fonts. Guess i have to switch to figma or sketch.

             

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              Prowhiz
              Participating Frequently
              March 22, 2020

              Thanks so much for this answer. You just solved a major gripe I had with XD even though it's a workaround

                italosan
                Community Expert
                italosanCommunity Expert
                Community Expert
                March 23, 2020

                We are happy that your problem with Adobe XD has been resolved. If you need help in the future, contact us 🙂

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                  RonaldTainCorrect answer
                  Participant
                  September 19, 2019

                  I was having a VERY hard time with Adobe XD finding the fonts I activated with FontBase, BUT I have found the unusual solution to fix that problem by simply —

                   

                  • Go to Settings (it should be a vertical ellipsis "…") in FontBase
                  • Change the Root folder location to "C:/FontBase" (or C:\FontBase — not sure if it's front or backslash)

                   

                  Very strange that Adobe XD didn't find my fonts to the default location FontBase put it (originally located in "C:\Users\%PROFILE%\FontBase"), so changing that location solved my issue.

                   

                  Hopefully, this helps a lot of you out there!

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                    felixs63750575
                    Participant
                    November 19, 2019

                    It worked very well for me. Not Ideal, but it's a fix for now.

                    Thanks a lot!

                      Sjaani
                      Community Expert
                      SjaaniCommunity Expert
                      Community Expert
                      July 2, 2019

                      I wonder if it is because XD compacts the fonts.
                      Can you confirm if the whole font family is missing or is it just that you don't see the additional options in the initial Font Choice Drop Down.

                      For example in my Font Manager I can see Book Antiqua, Book Antiqua Bold, Book Antiqua Bold Italic, Book Antiqua Italic.
                      When I'm in XD all I see is Book Antiqua, but then in one of the drop downs I can choose between Bold, Italic, Bold Italic.

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