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Robin Sloan
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December 2, 2025

Photoshop no longer auto-loads newly installed fonts

  • December 2, 2025
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Standard behavior (consistent for many years): Photoshop is open and running; I install a new font using Font Book on macOS; that font is instantly available in Photoshop.

 

The same was also true for fonts added using Adobe Fonts.

 

New behavior (as of recent app revision): Photoshop is open and running; I install a new font using Font Book; the font is not available in Photoshop until I close and open the app again.

 

Adobe Fonts do sometimes become available in the running app, but it takes a long time -- on the order of 15-30 minutes.

 

This is using Photoshop 27 on macOS Sequoia (not Tahoe).

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    mustafyle
    mustafyle
    Participant
    January 21, 2026

    I don't understand why an Adobe Employee or someone doesn't help us with our problem, there obviously is a problem! 

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      Anonymous
      January 20, 2026

      I also noticed this issue (Windows OS). Newly installed fonts (that are not under Adobe Fonts) while Photoshop 27.2 is open get loaded into Photoshop (a loading cursor appears), then after a few seconds, I can use them without doing anything else.

       

      Nowadays, I have to restart Photoshop just to be able to use it. 😕😕

       

      Illustrator 30.1 has no issue and auto-loads newly installed fonts just fine.

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        Robin SloanAuthor
        Participant
        December 7, 2025

        1. Open Photoshop file

        2. Create text, set to Font A (currently available in Photoshop)

        3. Go to Finder; open Font B (an OTF file) with Font Book, add to system

        4. Return to Photoshop; select text & go to font list; Font B is not available

         

        There doesn't seem to be anything else special about it -- sorry not to be more helpful! This is on Sequoia 15.7.2, a current-generation M4 Macbook Air.

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          Adobe Employee
          ktaki
          Adobe Employee
          December 7, 2025

          Hi All, Can you please list the steps to reproduce and font management application you used? As far as I tried with Ps 27.0 and 27.1 on Mac (Sequoia), using Font Book to activate and deactivate fonts worked fine without restarting Photoshop.

          mustafyle
          mustafyle
          Participant
          December 6, 2025

          I’m having the same issue. It started after I installed Photoshop Beta version 27, and none of the usual fixes work. This seems to be a new type of bug. Please look into it—it’s not just the two of us. I’ve already commented on a few posts on Reddit, and other people are experiencing the same problem.

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            Robin SloanAuthor
            Participant
            December 5, 2025

            P.S. I can confirm that a downgrade to 26.3 fixes this issue. (I don't know about intervening versions—I just tried 26.3 as an experiment.)

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              Robin SloanAuthor
              Participant
              December 3, 2025

              The core issue is fonts installed outside of Adobe Fonts, using macOS Font Book. Previously, these were available instantly in Photoshop. Something about a new version has caused a regression, so that a restart is required.

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                Adobe Employee
                ktaki
                Adobe Employee
                December 3, 2025

                @Robin Sloan 

                How about using "More fonts" tab in the font menu? It lists all the fonts from Adobe Fonts. The font selected should be available to use immediately.

                 

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                  Robin SloanAuthor
                  Participant
                  December 3, 2025

                  This is a brand-new issue, unrelated to any previous font glitches. You can find other reports of it online, e.g. here on Reddit:

                  https://www.reddit.com/r/photoshop/comments/1pbjx46/newly_installed_fonts_not_appearing_unless/

                    Claire H.
                    Community Manager
                    Claire H.Community Manager
                    Community Manager
                    December 2, 2025

                    Hi @sloanyo, welcome to the Photoshop Community Forums! Here's an article on how to troubleshoot font issues: https://adobe.ly/4pKcNWr. Please let me know when you've tried these steps and if you're still experiencing the issue. Thanks! ^CH

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