How to use Character filters in the Character Menu in Indesign

[Grundoon Groundhog]

I finally stumbled upon the filters in the Indesign Character menu, but am not sure how to use them. I was hoping to use the filters to avoid the useless locked system fonts that require endless scrolling, but now only a few display fonts are appearing in the filters. Are fonts automatically added as they are used within a document? Is it possible to add fonts before they are used? Why are only one or two favorites showing? How can I add to the favorites? Shouldn't all active fonts that are in the document appear in the filter? How do I "unfilter" if I need to? No luck finding answers to any of these questions in the Adobe "help" section.

[Laubender]

Grundoon Groundhog said:

"…I was hoping to use the filters to avoid the useless locked system fonts that require endless scrolling"

Unfortunatelly exactly this is no filter option.

Would make a superb feature request at InDesign UserVoice:

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

Oh. Someone already did that feature request. Go vote and comment here:

Hiding system fonts or warning about using them
Anonymous, September 01, 2017

https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601021-adobe-indesign-feature-requests/suggestions/31158892-hi...

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

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