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Nani Bear
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July 11, 2022
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Fonts not displaying in Illustrator

  • July 11, 2022
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Is there a way to make the fonts in Illustrator show up in the list as written in the font itself? My drop down lists the fonts, but all the options are displayed in the same font type so it's really hard to determine which font to use since I can't see a sample of that font. 

 

Correct answer Nani Bear

Hello @Nani Bear,

 

Sorry to hear about this experience. I would request you to try the following steps to reset the Display Settings under Windows:

 

  1. Close Illustrator and then use the Windows key + I keyboard shortcut to open the Settings app.
  2. Click Display. Make sure you use the recommended screen resolution and scale for your display.
  3. Re-launch Illustrator.

    Please update this thread if the issue persists or if you need further assistance. We'd be happy to help.

 

Thanks,

Anubhav


Thanks. but the overall display settings on my computer are good. The hyper zoomed in appearance is only affecting the "effects" tab and the display for the fonts in Illustrator. None of the other areas of Illustrator (or any other Adobe program are affected) 

Wait--- I just realized the issue with the missing preview of fonts and the hyper zoomed in portions of illustrator is only happening on my second (larger computer screen - which is set to 100%) when I move the program to my laptop monitor, the issues go away. So clearly, it's an issue with my secondary screen. 

Thank you for the prod to figure this one out, it was driving me nuts!!

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Bill Silbert
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Bill SilbertCommunity Expert
Community Expert
July 12, 2022

In the Type section of your Illustrator preferences make sure that "Enable in-menu font previews" is checked. Do this with no document open and then quit the program. Once you reopen the program it will become the default for all new documents.

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    Nani BearAuthor
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    July 12, 2022

    Thank you. That's what I thought too, but checking the box doesn't do anything. In addition, when view the font drop down, the text is huge, whereas in all my other tabs (except the effects tab - which displays a zoomed font size like the fonts drop down), it's normal. I'm wondering if there is a corrupt setting or some sort of cache i need to reset/clear?

     

    marliton
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    marlitonCommunity Expert
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    July 12, 2022

    Hi. You could try resetting the preferences: https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/user-guide.html/no/illustrator/using/setting-preferences.ug.html

     

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