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Jessica30527557tpkp
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June 15, 2023
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how do I remove unused fonts from drop down menu?

  • June 15, 2023
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I don't want to see fonts in alphabets other than English. I don't want to see English fonts that I never use? How do I turn them off?

 

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    Steve Werner
    Community Expert
    Steve WernerCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    June 15, 2023

    One way you could handle it it to mark the fonts you DO want to use as Favorites. Then choose to display ONLY your favorites by turning on the Favorite filter.

     

    It you decide to add a new favorite, turn off the Favorites filter, showing all your fonts again, including the non-English fonts. Pick the new fonts you want to be favorites, then again turn on the Favorite filter so only those are displayed.

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      Jessica30527557tpkpAuthor
      Participant
      June 15, 2023

      Thanks! I'll try that.

       

      Steve Werner
      Community Expert
      Steve WernerCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      June 15, 2023

      If that works for you, please mark this as a Correct Answer. That will help others with the same problem.

      James Gifford—NitroPress
      James Gifford—NitroPress
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      June 15, 2023

      It used to be easy: with or without a font manager, you could remove any fonts you did not want. 

       

      Now, between OS fonts and app fonts often installed at a system level, meaning code level surgery is required, you are stuck with fonts for pretty much every language on earth. 

       

      I mean, someday you might need to set up a flyer in Uighur.

       

      (This is widely hated, but Apple, MS and Adobe are smarter than we are. )

        Joel Cherney
        Community Expert
        Joel CherneyCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        June 15, 2023

        It used to be easy: with or without a font manager, you could remove any fonts you did not want. 

         

        Now, between OS fonts and app fonts often installed at a system level, meaning code level surgery is required, you are stuck with fonts for pretty much every language on earth. 

         

        I mean, someday you might need to set up a flyer in Uighur.

         

        (This is widely hated, but Apple, MS and Adobe are smarter than we are. )

         

        Even I, whose entire career revolves around the need to someday maybe typeset a flyer in Uighur, or Khmer, or any one of sixty-odd other languages, would like to not be forced to see OS-level support for All Langs in my InDesign font dropdown. Forcing a bunch of monolingual people to be frustrated by endless lists of fonts they can't use is, I think, not a good idea usability-wise. 

         

        You can hide fonts in the Windows Fonts folder, and IIRC it'll hide those fonts from you when you're in MS apps, but not when you're in InDesign. 

         

        Steve Werner
        Community Expert
        Steve WernerCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        June 15, 2023

        It sounds like time for a feature request. Remember, here's the place to request and vote for requests:

         

        https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601021-adobe-indesign-feature-requests

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