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getting a font from Fonts.com into creative cloud InDesign?

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December 19, 2017
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Hi,

I'm looking for some help, as I keep going in circles. I need to buy a font for work - Avant Garde gothic book. I have found it on fonts.com

I have creative cloud applications from Adobe, and the app I used almost all the time is InDesign. It is here I need to have the Avant Garde gothic font installed.

However, i have two questions (maybe they are dumb, but I'm stumped at the moment):

1. which package forthe font do i get, as it is 'creative cloud' for the font: desktop? E-book? Mobile App? Server use?

My gut says mobile app, given i'm on creative cloud, but would like confirmation from those in the know

2. How do i get this font, once bought and downloaded into InDesign? The only way I can see how to incorporate any fonts into InDesign is through typekit, but I cannot find Avant Garde gothic in the typekit, so how does that work?

Just to clarify - I am a novice with all this. I've had basic training with InDesign and it's a great programme, but sometimes I get thrown by 'small' things like this font issue. Any guidance, tips and advice would be most welcome!

Thanks in advance

Kim

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Correct answer Willi Adelberger

You have to install your Font on your Computer. On the Mac copy it into Username/Library/Fonts (Finder, hold down the alt key > Go to > Library there in the Font folder.)

On Windows with right Mouse click on a Font: Install Font. And this Font will be installed.

Then your font will be available to all applications on your computer.

kh83414916Author

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Thanks everyone for the feedback! I managed to solve it - found the different types of font and downloaded them on the PC and they got picked up by InDesign indeed, as one of you said.

Thanks for all your help and useful tips!

Season's greetings to all!

BobLevine

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I have a feeling some of the confusion here is about licensing.

Apparently using the font for EPUB or mobile apps requires an extra licensing fee. The font file itself is no different for any of the purposes mentioned here.

Rob, OTF files not only work in EPUB but are pretty much a requirement.

rob day

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Rob, OTF files not only work in EPUB but are pretty much a requirement.

Thanks.

I don't think you can embed a .otf font in an .html page. I've switched to serving fonts to my sites via services like Typekit, so it's been awhile since I've embedded a web font via css. I was never able to embed an .otf font, it had to be .eot which is a subset of .otf—or .woff, .svg, .ttf

BobLevine

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Yes, for web, you’d have to be insane to serve the fonts yourself. Typekit or Google Fonts is the way to go there.

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Creative Cloud apps are just apps. There's nothing magical or cloud-like about them. Just a silly marketing name. So you buy a font according to your intended use (local, printing, embedding in PDF...?) and install it to the system in the usual way. Typekit isn't involved if it isn't a Typekit font.

rob day

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My gut says mobile app, given i'm on creative cloud, but would like confirmation from those in the know

If you are designing for print or PDF output you want the desktop version, which should be .otf format. The .otf version will not work for web or ePub design.

Willi Adelberger

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You have to install your Font on your Computer. On the Mac copy it into Username/Library/Fonts (Finder, hold down the alt key > Go to > Library there in the Font folder.)

On Windows with right Mouse click on a Font: Install Font. And this Font will be installed.

Then your font will be available to all applications on your computer.

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