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NickPapps
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October 31, 2017
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Quickly Cycle Fonts

  • October 31, 2017
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Since the last update to Ae I can't seem to be able to cycle through fonts like I used to. I believe before I could place my cursor in the font selector bar and cycle through them with the up/down arrow keys. Now, when I place the cursor it opens the font menu and my comp doesn't update responsively.

Any suggestions?

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Correct answer Rick Gerard

You are correct. We got a font preview and lost the scroll through the fonts using arrow keys. I'm not very happy about losing the ability to just step through fonts, but I'm very happy about the font previews and a bunch of other new features.

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Mr. Content
Mr. Content
Known Participant
December 8, 2021

This is rediculous. Same problem in 2021. has someone made a plugin for this?

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Katie Houghton
Inspiring
January 30, 2018

Tell them :

Feature Request/Bug Report Form

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P.M.B
Legend
January 30, 2018

My mistake.  If you scroll without expanding the font list then the font updates about 10% of the time.

Still it's no workaround...What it is, is accidentally working in an unexpected way.

But hey.....who even uses AFter Effects for text anyway, right?

I wish they'd kill this thread because anytime someone posts to it it reminds me of the issue and aggravates me.

~Gutterfish
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Adobe Employee
Victoria Nece
Adobe Employee
November 12, 2017

This is on our radar for a future update. We simply ran out of time to get step-through previews working with the new panel this cycle.

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P.M.B
Legend
November 12, 2017

https://forums.adobe.com/people/Victoria+Nece  wrote

We simply ran out of time to get step-through previews working with the new panel this cycle.

Was the new character panel going to explode if you didn't release it or something?  You should consider releasing every two years.   That way you could release less "nearly finished" features.   When is the new C4D renderer going to be finished?   Ooops.  teehee.

You know what.  Even if you did run out of time you should just lie and say: "the dev team screwed up, sorry".  It would be so refreshing to hear you girls and guys own the mess that is AE, just once, without any excuses.

~Gutterfish
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lindsayraevk
Participant
November 11, 2017

any news on the update ?

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placeboing
Participant
November 12, 2017

This is so much worse. The previews don't work for the majority of my fonts and they don't even matter because I need to visually test the fonts against the background. I might need to downgrade just because of the amount of time this is going to cost me.

    Roei Tzoref
    Roei Tzoref
    Legend
    November 12, 2017

    For now, a workaround is scrolling with your mouse wheel as you hover over the font choice.

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    Katie Houghton
    Inspiring
    October 31, 2017

    Yes, that seems to be the case. We do get the filters for favorites and Typekit fonts but have lost the automatic update. Just let Adobe know by submitting a request/bug report:

    Feature Request/Bug Report Form

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    Rick GerardCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    October 31, 2017

    You are correct. We got a font preview and lost the scroll through the fonts using arrow keys. I'm not very happy about losing the ability to just step through fonts, but I'm very happy about the font previews and a bunch of other new features.

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