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October 28, 2025

Meet the New Font Browser in Illustrator 2026 v30.0

  • October 28, 2025
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Hey everyone!

Browsing for fonts in Illustrator is more powerful; all your fonts at your fingertips with the ability to seamlessly browse your local and Adobe fonts, search by keyword and theme, apply filters based on font language and other characteristics, and organize your fonts into libraries that sync across your Adobe apps. To access it, go to Window > Type > Character, then open the font family dropdown in the Character panel. You can also find it in the Properties panel, Control panel, or the Contextual Task Bar when you select text on your canvas.  Check out this help article for more details.


Try it yourself

Explore the options in the font browser in a few simple steps.

Quick filters

Quick filters allow you to filter fonts by source:

  • Show Favorite Fonts
  • Show recently added
  • Show Local Fonts
  • In This Document
  • Show Added Fonts

Filters

Filters allow you to filter fonts by categories:

  • Languages & Writing Systems
  • Font Technology
  • Classification
  • Weight & Width

The Your Fonts tab

The Your Fonts tab is what you see when you open the font browser. It displays all the fonts installed on your computer, as well as those added from Adobe Fonts, organised into sections.

The Libraries tab

The Libraries tab in the font browser lets you organize fonts using Creative Cloud Libraries. You can use existing Libraries or create new Libraries within the Libraries tab.

The Discover More tab

The Discover More tab lists all the fonts from Adobe Fonts, arranged in sections.

Explore fonts faster with intuitive selection, global settings, and smart previews - all in one place

Set the font family field
Use the font family field to select your font you want to use from all installed options.

Global Font Settings
Global Font Settings provides key font settings, including those for font preview and recently used fonts.

Font-specific options
When you hover over a font in the Your Fonts or Discover More tab, you get font-specific options and details:

  • Add to Favorites or Remove from Favorites
  • Show Similar Fonts
  • Add to Library
  • Added or font file type (Your Fonts tab only)
  • Add, Adding, or Remove (Discover More tab only)

We’d love to hear from you!

Explore this more intuitive way to work with fonts in Illustrator and let us know your thoughts in the comments. Feel free to create a new post if you have any issues related to the release or need more tips!



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      DCKate
      Participant
      November 6, 2025

      Heya,

      Since the new update I can no longer filter any of my fonts. It says "Loading Fonts..." and never actually loads them. 

      I've tried leaving it as long as overnight to see if it just take a while to load after the update, but no luck. Can't filter any categories. Advice would be much appreciated. I'm on a Mac Studio, Sequoia 15.6.1. TIA

       

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      Rachel38744444mgd4
      Participating Frequently
      November 5, 2025

      I've been waiting for a way to organize fonts! Is anyone else no longer able to search in their cloud files when opening them? When I go to open a file now I have to scroll through them all till I find it, before we could search. 

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      tim26765141w66r
      Participant
      October 31, 2025

      There doesn't appear to be a way to add fonts to peronalised libraries? I was expecting a 'click to add fonts' function.
      How do I do this?

      Laura Coyle.
      Community Expert
      Laura Coyle.Community Expert
      Community Expert
      November 7, 2025

      Beside each font in the list is a series of 4 icons. Click the square with the bookmark icon to add that font to a library in the font browser.

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      amber_1982
      Participant
      October 28, 2025

      I am new to Illustrator. I'm taking a course that it's being taught but the traditonal desk top version, not the beta. Where is a good resource for me to learn how to use the beta interface to mirror what i'm learning in my program?

      Ton Frederiks
      Community Expert
      Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      October 28, 2025

      The beta contains features  that may or may not be available in a future version of Illustrator.

      I would concentrate on the course you are taking now. New possible features can come later.

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