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mclark-pm
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December 10, 2019
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Transferring fonts between accounts

  • December 10, 2019
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Hi. I had a student account on a personal computer for many years. I bought and downloaded many fonts with this account. I am now on a new computer with a business account. I am trying to get all of my old fonts to my new account. Is there any way to transfer or move the fonts to my new account? Or download them to the desktop and use a flash drive to transfer to my new computer? Or somehow use the adobe cloud? Please help, I'm desperate. I had bought over 100 specialized fonts that I can't lose.

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Mac or Windows?

Windows. I actually found out that if I logged into the old account with the new computer that it would automatically download the fonts associated with that account to this computer. When I logged back into my current account, those fonts were still here. Weird, but it worked!

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LaubenderCommunity Expert
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December 10, 2019

Hi,

if you used the Adobe Fonts Service (formerly known as Typekit) with your old Adobe Creative Cloud account the fonts will not be activated with your new Creative Cloud account. You need to activate them again. See:

https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/help/add-fonts.html

 

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

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    BobLevine
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    BobLevineCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    December 10, 2019
    This has nothing to do with InDesign. You need to copy those fonts from your old computer and install them on the new one.
    If you don't have access to the old one, you'll need to contact the vendors with proof of purchase.
      mclark-pm
      mclark-pmAuthor
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      December 10, 2019

      I apologize. I did not know which forum to use since there isn't one for fonts. Can you please explain how to copy them? I still have access to the old computer.

       

      BobLevine
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      BobLevineCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      December 10, 2019
      Mac or Windows?
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