How do I get rid of Typekit

Report · Feb 01, 2014

Every time I open an old indesign file. I am getting a window for typekit. I use suitcase and all the fonts are located there. Not installed on my computer. (I have 9800 fonts so you get the idea).

It will not find my suitcase fonts even if they are open - I need it off ASAP any help will be appreciated.

Report · Sep 04, 2014

Yes, I believe this is a Windows based server. I have cc’d Jeff Martinson our IT guy who may be able to elaborate in the “dark side” as we Mac people like to call it!

Report · Sep 04, 2014

I tried to cc jeffm@towerlabs.com – our IT guy, but he got it kicked back.

He said to let you know it’s an NAS unit.

Report · Sep 04, 2014

Are the servers AFP enabled? This problem of 0kb font files happens for SMB enabled servers.

I found some other users facing the similar issue and solution to address the problem.

Technical question about 0 kb font files. | Typophile

Font files showing up as 0kb exec files HELP!!! | Apple Support Communities

Hope it helps

Thanks

Javed

Report · Sep 05, 2014

I forwarded to my IT guys to find out. I appreciate your help!

Lori

Report · Sep 12, 2014

I have a related question... when the Typekit cannot find a font, it highlights the text of the font it can't find. How do you remove that highlight? Does anyone know? Thanks!

Report · Sep 12, 2014

A pink Highlight for missing fonts has nothing to do with TypeKit. You can turn it off in the prefs under Composition, but I would advise against it. Switching to preview mode (or Overprint Preview) will hide it temporarily.

Report · Sep 12, 2014

Thanks Peter! Out of curiosity, why would you advise against it?

Report · Sep 12, 2014

Because it's an in-your-face warning that you cannot properly edit or output the file and you need to deal with the missing fonts NOW. It also highlights single characters that might be missing or spaces that might have the wrong font assigned and would not otherwise be so obvious. I turn on custom tracking and kerning highlights and substituted glyphs highlights too (and there's no harm in turning all of them on, but H&J and Keep vilolations are so rare I don't think I've ever seen one, so I'm not worried).

Report · Oct 07, 2014

Here more or less the same problem: Font Explorer unloads fonts and doe not auto-activate due to Typekit's interference.

I think Adobe should give us a Typekit that works together with Linotype Font Explorer, or give us a font manager that gives us the possibility to manage Typekit and Webfonts AND local fonts, in sets, just like Font Explorer does.

Report · Oct 07, 2014

Hi,

Sorry to see another person facing the same issue.

We have tried to address some of the issues with the Missing fonts Dialog in InDesign with the latest update that Adobe just did for InDesign.

Now with InDesign 10.1 (CC 2014 latest patch) if Typekit is turned Off from the Creative Cloud App, InDesign would not do the searching for fonts on Typekit and the missing fonts dialog would be somewhat similar in experience to what it was in CS6 prior to Typekit Integration with InDesign.

Can you please give it a try with the latest patch and let me know the results.

Thanks

Javed

Report · Nov 03, 2014

Quite simple.Install latest Font explorer.Tools-plugin manager,enable for Illustrator,Indesign.Font explorer-preferences-advanced-use Font explorer as default handler for Font files.Typekit will be over ride.Hope it helps

Report · Nov 17, 2014

This issue (or part of it, at any rate) is not specific to InDesign or FE or Suitcase. I have ~300,000 Illustrator eps files that I need to export as png's using Illustrator. I have a javascript that works beautifully for that purpose in Adobe Illustrator CC on Windows 7. About 20,000 files into the pile I had to switch to a different computer, which required a new install of Illustrator, (2014). All of the eps files were created on Macs with Helvetica. My script ignores the missing font dialog and uses the default we've setup on Windows, which does not need to be activated. With the new TypeKit functionality, I can't find any way to script dismissal of the TypeKit missing font dialog.

Would someone from Adobe or TypeKit care to click the "Close" button for me 280,000 more times? Probably not. Me either. Please advise of a way to script closing of the Missing Fonts dialog or remove the TypeKit font check from Illustrator. I literally could not care less about any other functionality at this time.

Thanks,

Charles

Report · Nov 17, 2014

Sorry Charles seeing you face issues with Adobe Products.

As far as InDesign is concerned you can write the line

app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.NEVER_INTERACT

before the script starts and this would suppress any dialogs that come up during the execution of the script.

For Illustrator I could find something similar

app.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevel.DONTDISPLAYALERTS;

You can maybe add this command to your script (this is for JavaScript) and then the Missing Fonts dialog would not come up.

Regards

Javed

Report · Nov 20, 2014

Thanks! I will definitely give that a try and report back.

Report · Nov 26, 2014

I too get this annoying pop up every time I open up a document in Illustrator that contains a reference to a font that's not installed.

Yes, it's “only a few seconds and can be clicked off” but no, I don't want that. I didn't ask for it, it doesn't offer me any tangible benefit — it's a few seconds every time I open up a document — which I do many, many times a day.

The really annoying thing is that if I select all the contents of files that prompt this pop up and try and remove the font definition, it still pops up next time I open it up. Particularly annoying as it's a reference to some flavour of Myriad, which I never use and which is a default Adobe font, so obviously included somehow by Illy itself... nnngh.

I've been using Adobe products for nearly 20 years but Adobe CC has been a generally miserable experience over these past few months since 'upgrading', with this being one of the more visible irritations.

On top of this and the SSD filling with crap problem I've had today, I've just spent the past 10 minutes swearing at this forum as it's displaying my real name here instead of my screen name... although now I've learnt that only I see my Real Name here for reasons that .. well, make exactly zero sense. It's almost like Adobe's exists simply to find ever more creative ways to irritate the bejesus out of its users. Oh, and plunder more cash out of us, of course.

Report · Dec 15, 2014

I am using InDesign CC 10.0.0.70 and it is not able to auto activate fonts from Suitcase Fusion 6 Version 17.0.0 (629978).

When the Missing Fonts dialog box comes up (with Adobe Typekit ad), I can go to Suitcase, manually activate the fonts and the dialog box will disappear.

Any Help in get CC to auto activate?

Report · Dec 15, 2014

Do you have autoactivate enabled?

Report · Dec 15, 2014

Yes. Under the Global Auto-Activation Options - "Auto-activate fonts for the following applications:" is checked and all CC programs have been added.

Report · Dec 15, 2014

Under the type menu in InDesign there’s a Suitcase Fusion menu. Check there.

Report · Dec 17, 2014

Thanks. Auto-activation was on. The problem seems to occur most often when the font being activated in SF6 is available in multiple types (OpenType, TrueType....PostScript) and it either won't activate the font or activates the wrong type which InDesign still deems missing.

Report · Jan 23, 2015

@Steve Werner

Typekit was designed mainly to set a standard (or try to) for web fonts. If you use type kit you can't package fonts with it (in InDesign). Why is it a part of InDesign then? Why can't we completely disable this feature if it's complicating other aspects that are LITERALLY a part of the Adobe application like Packaging?

Additionally, we understand that we have to wait for other developers to update their third party programs. However, because of Adobe's decision, position and your responses I now have to pay upwards of $70 to upgrade to the newest third party software. I'm paying you guys monthly to solve problems, not create new ones. This is a failed experiment.

ie: "

Typekit is a service which allows subscribers to embed fonts into online documents. It allows designers and developers a subscription-based library of hosted, high-quality fonts to use on their websites."

Report · Jan 23, 2015

Typeset used to be a service that allowed subscribers to embed fonts in online documents.

Typekit was acquired by Adobe in 2011, and when Creative Cloud began it began begin offered as a way to do that. But in 2013 (I believe), it licensed some its fonts for desktop use.

You can read more updated information about Typeset here:

Adobe Typekit Help: What is Typekit?

Cheers!

Report · Jan 29, 2015

I was having the same issue.

I clicked on the font list and then tried a right click. I saw a message about other fonts and clicked on that. Not sure exactly everything I did, but I was able to get my other fonts to appear.

I'm not going to experiment more with this because I want to keep these. Hope this helps.

Report · Jan 30, 2015

I have learned my lesson - avoid Typekit fonts at all costs. The amount of wasted time trying to maintain the Typekit connection in InDesign is beyond frustrating. EVERY time I close InDesign and reopen the document the Typekit connection is lost, and I have to log out then log back in. After selecting Dagny Pro for a re-branding, I have changed everywhere but the business cards because I could justify going through such a painful process. (I think Adobe should just send me Dagny Pro to make up for the wasted time.)

Report · Jan 31, 2015

Hi Galyn,

I'm sorry this has been so frustrating. If you would like help sorting this out, please write us an email at: support@typekit.com and we'd be happy to look into it. You shouldn't have to keep signing out/back in to use the fonts.

We appreciate your feedback.

Cheers,

Benjamin