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August 1, 2022
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InDesign can't find font

  • August 1, 2022
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Windows 11 and InDesign 17.3

 

True Type font is installed for Windows, InDesign can't find it. What are the troubleshooting steps to resolve this? 

 

Thanks.

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Correct answer BobLevine

When you installed the font did you install it for all users? Did you try putting it into the InDesign\fonts folder?

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Brad @ Roaring Mouse
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 10, 2022

What is the font exactly, and where did you get it from?

Known Participant
August 10, 2022

I have ongoing issues with multiple fonts.  To name only a few:

Minion Pro Regular
Palatino Lt Std  Regular
Century Bold
Miller Text Bold
another font whose name starts with a B and which Adobe says is a bad word which I am not allowed to use.
every day I discover new ones that are not working.

Most of them I own, have owned since before I started this job 14 years ago.  This is following an upgrade to a new PC with Windows 11.

The only thing that works is putting them in a Document fonts folder in the same folder as the document. But I now have Document fonts folders all over the place.  This is a clumsy workaround, not a solution.

Known Participant
August 16, 2022

That thing marked as the Correct Answer does not mean this has been resolved.

 

YES I installed for all users

YES I installed it into the Program Files / Fonts folder

YES I installed it in the C:\drive Windows\Fonts folder

YES I put a Document fonts folder in the same location as the file itself

YES I deleted, shut down, rebooted, reinstalled

YES I did all the things.

 

Still, some fonts do not work.

Rishabh_Tiwari
Legend
August 1, 2022

Hi @kennethh86981321 ,

 

Sorry to hear about the trouble. Please try the suggestions shared in this article https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/error-fonts-currently-available-incopy.html You can also refer to this similar discussion https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/ttf-font-installed-yet-indesign-does-not-recognize-it/m-p/12792054#M468072

 

Let us know if this helps or if you need any further asisstance.

 

Regards

Rishabh

Participant
August 1, 2022

None of these suggestions worked. Please advise further steps.

Known Participant
August 3, 2022

When you installed the font did you install it for all users? Did you try putting it into the InDesign\fonts folder?


Where is the InDesign\fonts folder now that everything is in the cloud?