InDesign 2020 (15.1.1) stuck while "activating font" on macOS Catalina

[inkling23]

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)

This keeps going until I quit iD{Renamed by MOD}

[Rich229506498w9v]

Indesign is the biggest POS

[drasahershoff]

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!

[antone_1]

Hello everyone still having this problem.  

Remove the auto-activate fonts option under file handing in preferences. 

[Eleanor Ronquest]

This is still happening in 2023... come on Adobe, can you remove this function or fix the bug!? 

[Morgan36636854g5qo]

I thought I was screwed, and had a deadline in just a few hours but by some miracle, my risk to force quit ID payed off and on re-opening it was back to normal. A risky fix however, luckily my files were preserved. 

[Julie23266563nfi7]

It's 2025 and this is "still" happening. This doesn't happen in the other Adobe apps. It's definitely an InDesign bug that 'still' isn't fixed.