Link font to PSD

[Eric Bintner]

This used to be easy -- I'd get a PSD from a client, I open it, it get a prompt to re-associate the font to the file. Link them, done. This stopped a long while ago and I ignored it, now upon inspection it's not possible unless theres an additional cloud font library and multiple settings in multiple places that need to be set.

I have no idea where to start.

Creative Cloud Help | Add fonts

It says I need TypeKit or Adobe Fonts, neither are available for download. It says I need to open the desktop Adobe CC app -- my version of this app is just a dropdown on the top menu, and has no "Assets" menu item, or any menu items. It says I need to do something in "preferences" but I don't have Adobe CC in system preferences and again the Adobe CC "desktop app" isn't a full app and has no file menu or it's own preferences. It's like 4 dead ends.

Is this tutorial I linked to accurate? Is there another tutorial that explains how to get this working more clearly. Is this normal? I'm even willing to do command line stuff -- I'm guessing maybe there's an Adobe CC config file I could wipe. I have no use for CC features so maybe that could be the easy fix?

[Eric Bintner]

Found "preferences" in the Adobe CC widget. This image is helpful, the docs page is confusing.

[Eric Bintner]

Ok Now that typekit is on, how do I link a font -- this did not fix the problem, I still cannot replace a font in the prompt that asks me to replace fonts. Also, I found that "adobe fonts" is a webpage, and not a program, and it appears to only be for browsing adobe fonts. So ambiguously not associated with linking fonts maybe?

[Eric Bintner · Accepted solution]

Turns out I just forgot to install the font system wide and forgot I had to do that for PS. The actual missing font opens the correct prompt, but also (because I don't use CC features) opens a more confusing alert about "Adobe Fonts" which I believe now to be an advertisement and not really associated to what I was trying to do. Therefore I was chasing the wrong solution with an even more confusing docs page causing completely unnecessary confusion.