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CC reports a font could not be activated due to a conflict, yet the "Activating Font" task is stuck until I quit InDesign. When I try to export a PDF, it is stuck behind these never-ending tasks in the queue, thus preventing me from exporting it. Bug?
(MacOS Catalina 10.15.4, Indesign 15.1.1)
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I am also having this issue woth 15.1.1. Tried the help link steps with no avail. Must be a google font syncing issue. Went back to v15.1 from 15.1.1 and works fine.
I was also stuck in an endless loop of "activating font" - in this case default Minion Pro.
My workaround:
Ctrl + Alt + Delete > End Task
Update Creative Cloud
Update InDesign to 16.0.1
Solved!
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Same!
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This worked like a sharm:)
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THIS ONE is the best solution so far.
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Thank you! This worked immediately!
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Briliant, forgot it was in there!
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OMG soooooo helpful thank you. I had an urgent job and I was going round in circles and couldn't get it to PDF. Couldn't proof it, couldn't get it to the printer arghhhhH! all sorted now. Thank you
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Just used this solution in 2023. Thank you!
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It's 2024, just needed to apply this solution, still works!
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I've tried all this multiple times in different combinations and still get the fonts stuck in an activation loop in the background task window. Also, I can't access the fonts in CC desktop. The page is blank and I get a perpetual wait wheel. This is the issue on my new Macbook Pro 13" M1. Not sure if this helps. On my desktop I've got no issues. Not great if I want to work while away from my home.
In terms of workflow, I'm accessing ID files over a remote server. Not sure if that matters. I thought maybe the CC desktop app issue is linked to the fonts not activating in ID.
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Thinking maybe it was a file migration issue -- I transferred all files over from another mac -- I also repaired CC desktop app. That didn't work. I tired signing out of CC on my desktop. Nothing.
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I did a fresh reinstall using the M1 installer and that did the trick.
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For me, this worked:
– Deactivate Adobe Fonts
– Reboot InDesign and delete preferences (Restart InDesign while pressing Shift+Option+Command+Control. Click 'Yes' when asked if you want to delete preference files.)
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What an incredible embarrasment for Adobe. Let's leave alone the fact that this font was a basic common font available on the install of my home office but somehow not already set up at my work office - one two brand new vanilla machines with no fonts installed! Let's leave alone that shouldn't even be a problem.
Lets just look at the fact that I can't export while this bug is in play - lets just look at the fact that this ran in the background for days without a resolution or time out. Let's look at the ever increasing fees we pay for this software and the GOT YOU NOW terms and conditions that bind us!
Lazy, Poor, Hopelessly imcompetant programing. There is simply no excuse.
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I've been frantically trying to solve this same problem this morning. I've tried all the previous suggestions and now I'm stuck in a Reactivating/Deactivating loop.
I honestly don't know what to do at this point, aside from using fonts that are not Adobe.
Creative Cloud 5.6.5.58
Indesign v. 17.0
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Try posting here: Adobe Fonts - Adobe Support Community
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Will do, thanks
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For your information: There is a third reason, or "correct answer" to this problem. Adobe was having downtime. I tried to re-install and did lots of testing without luck. Then I visited https://status.adobe.com/ and could see the whole font-repository was offline
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Wish I saw this 3 hours ago before I uninstalled everything 7 times over.
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I'm now having this issue on InDesign v 17.2. None of the previous suggestions work.
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Strangely enough, I think you and I are having trouble with the same font.. I quit Indesign, updated to the latest version (v18.1) and the issue was resolved. Though, I wonder if there is some problem related to the font pack, too.
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I found a simpler solution, just go to adobe fonts website, deactivate the font and reactivate it, that worked for me. (InDesign 2023 18.1)
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All I did was delete the task, save the InDesign file, then close the file, close InDesign/reboot indesign, and done!
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I have the same problem with my work computer. All versions are updated. I deactivated and activated the fonts, as well as disabled the preferences. Nothing works.
However, I don't have this problem with my personal computer. Extremely annoying and time-consuming.
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Indesign is the biggest POS
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Why is this bug STILL THERE IN 2023.. three years later? This is a rhetorical question, because I have a long list of bugs, some going back 20 years.. NEVER FIXED. What a company!