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February 1, 2014
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How do I get rid of Typekit

  • February 1, 2014
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Every time I open an old indesign file. I am getting a window for typekit. I use suitcase and all the fonts are located there. Not installed on my computer. (I have 9800 fonts so you get the idea).

It will not find my suitcase fonts even if they are open - I need it off ASAP any help will be appreciated.

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33 replies

JonathanArias
Legend
September 25, 2017

i use suitcase, and i use the fonts i know i have in my suitcase fusion libraries. just work with those. don't use the ones that have the typekit logo next to them in the character list when you are selecting type.

Known Participant
September 25, 2017

If you go to CC, on the right side of the window is a gear, press it.

Go to preferences, click creative cloud, click fonts, and turn TypeKitoff.

TypeKit is the inferior product forced upon users by the money grubbers on the board of directors that is hap hazzardly forced down the unwitting throats of everyone. Adobe typeset will bypass fonts loaded on your machines in an effort to sell, sell, sell you fonts that you already own and have loaded in your library on your system. Get rid of it, better yet don't download it al all.

It's amazing that all of the Adobe "technical experts" couldn't guide you through the simple instructions I just gave you. Exemplifies why Adobe's monopoly should be broken up by the feds.

BobLevine
Community Expert
Community Expert
September 25, 2017

Monopoly? Seriously?

I'm sure the folks at Quark and Affinity might disagree with you.

Oh, and Typekit is fabulous. I love having access to thousands of fonts. You can't download Typekit, it's a service.

Your entire rant shows a great deal of ignorance. If you're having issues and want help I'm sure you can get some here but you'll need to ask for it and dial your attitude back a bit.

Known Participant
May 9, 2017

There is a problem with this question. It's the title. It shouldn't be

'How do I get rid of Typekit'

It should be

'How do I completely annihilate any association with this feature and so many more GARBAGE features of CC introduced in recent years for absolutely no good whatsoever'

Steve Werner
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 9, 2017

The answer is: You don't subscribe to the Creative Cloud applications. It's impossible to get rid of those features that you don't like because they are totally wrapped around each other. It would be like trying to take the yolk out of an egg. You would have to break the egg to do it.

Moaning here that you don't like it will not make it happen. The great majority of Creative Cloud users are happy with those features. If it weren't so, Adobe wouldn't be thriving and ADDING CUSTOMERS.

Find some other software which you're happy with. Check out QuarkXPress or Affinity Designer.

Known Participant
May 10, 2017

Hi I've used Quark since its inception: Indesign was always a cheap version and the links in with other Adobe software which harvests data via broadband, at the expense of the user's time.

Can you tell me how you're privy to the knowledge that backs this up, Steve? You're an industry insider then, I take it:

'The great majority of Creative Cloud users are happy'

Participant
March 22, 2017

I've just tried this... hopefully it works.

1) To turn on Typekit, launch your Creative Cloud application.
2) From the dropdown menu at the upper right (looks like a gear next to a downward pointed triangle) click the flyout menu and click Preferences.
3) Click the Fonts tab at the top and under Settings click the radio button to turn Typekit Off.

DPullman853
Participant
September 27, 2016

Creative Cloud — (Gear icon) — Preferences — Fonts — Turn Typekit off

Participating Frequently
October 12, 2016

I have Typekit turned off per the instructions above, and the sync dialog *still* pops up every time I open an ID file with a missing font. I use FontAgent Pro, and FAP will activate the missing fonts automatically. The fonts, when activated, disappear from the Typekit dialog --  but I am *forced* to click the Close button to dismiss the Typekit dialog. The Typekit sync-warning dialog needs to dismiss itself without a click, or there should be a pref to keep it from showing at all, for those of us who use a font manager. Ideally, I should be able to turn off the box entirely to keep it from appearing at all. Turning off Typekit from the CC prefs does NOT stop this behavior. Please fix this.

CC 2015

Steve Werner
Community Expert
Community Expert
October 13, 2016

Make a feature request:

Feature Requests/Bug Reports

DPullman853
Participant
August 25, 2016

Creative Cloud — (Gear icon) — Preferences — Fonts — Turn Typekit off

Participant
June 9, 2016

Thank you for finally having given us a way to turn Typekit off. It has been a nightmare to use InDesign since Typekit has been there and I agree with one of the comments above stating that we, users, want to keep on having our freedom. Deciding for us how to manage our fonts and whether from one day to another we can use one of our own fonts apps or not is not okay. The quality of your products is really high but you have to respect us as users. We are not just here so that your company makes profit. We are here because we like the services you provide but if you become so intrusive in our workflow, we'll look for other alternatives. So please, keep on respecting us as free beings who have the right to choose for themselves, and make sure your applications give us this basic right before you launch it on the market.

Participating Frequently
February 18, 2016
Turn off Typekit

  1. In the Creative Cloud desktop app, choose > Preferences > Creative Cloud.
  2. Click Fonts.
  3. To enable or disable font sync, select either On or Off from the Typekit On/Off settings.
Participant
September 4, 2015

Participating Frequently
September 15, 2015

Well hey, michaelg82353566, thanks a lot!

That was exactly what I needed. I hope I will have no more problems with TypeKit.

Many thanks!

Participating Frequently
July 7, 2015

I use Suitcase to manage faults. I understand that the "Typeset" dialog is just a revamped version of the missing fonts dialog that has always existed in Indesign. In previous versions of Indesign, it seemed like Suitcase got to poll for missing fonts and then auto-activate them before Indesign queried for missing fonts. At least that's how I remember it because I rarely got missing font dialogs. I could be mistaken on this point. It seems like now, every document gives me a warning about missing fonts, then when I dismiss it, Suitcase goes ahead and open the fonts and everything is fine. But gosh, it really is annoying to have to acknowledge that darn dialog box when I know for a fact fonts aren't missing. I know that seems like a small thing, but small things add up when you're doing them 10 or 20 times a day. Why can't "warn me about missing fonts on document open" be a preference that can be turned on and off like the "automatically update links" preference?