Not able to replace missing fonts in Photoshop CC [2017]

[annak69698000]

I have missing fonts when I open the Photoshop document. I choose "type > resolve missing fonts", where the only fonts listed to choose from are fonts that are already in the document.

To try to solve this, I made a new text layer in the document with all the fonts that I would need (bold, black, etc.).

I went back to "type > resolve missing fonts", and all the fonts I need are now displayed as options. Yay! However, I go through the whole list and choose the right fonts that I need to switch to, then click "Resolve Fonts", and absolutely nothing happens.. literally. The resolve missing fonts window closes, and the missing font layers still have the yellow triangle showing.

If I try to edit the text layer, it reverts to Myriad Pro. SO ANNOYING.

I'm on an iMac, using the most updated Adobe CC. All fonts that I want to use are installed and functional. Help!

[Dynamic Office]

What is the font, please? sometimes fake or illegally downloaded font's don't work correctly.

[annak69698000]

Gotham (bold, black, book), and Stratum No2 (bold, black). They're standard fonts that I've had and used for years. Downloaded legally.

[parns]

Seems pretty clear to me that Adobe is forcing users down the Typekit path. There's no way to select and replace individual fonts in Photoshop anymore. They removed the functionality so that we have to use Typekit. Would love to hear from someone at Adobe that this isn't true, but something tells me it is.

[LAOMUSIC ARTS]

this is exactly what these dangerous "evangelists" people at Adobe do: try hard to rule the World !

May 2018and the issue is still there!

[hollvetica]

I am having this same problem replacing helvetica with arial!!

Choose Resolve fonts, select Arial, click resolve fonts...tada! nothing happens.

If i instead choose REPLACE all missing fonts, it replaces them with myriad pro, no options between the step to select anything else. just auto replace based on what photoshop prefers, which i would imagine is useful .001% of the time.

For the record, this issue is occurring on my windows machine. (Brand spankin new pc, fresh photoshop install)

[Mariam Hovhannesyan]

Does that font installed on you iMac?

[The_Badger]

I'm encountering similar issues on a Windows 7 machine running the latest version of CC 2018.

It appears I change change everything to Myriad Pro but still get warning and I'm now uncertain what's been changed and what hasn't/

Did you find a solution?

[Dynamic Office]

Be sure you're signed in, missing fonts usually have something to do with being sync from typekit.

[The_Badger]

Yes I'm signed in. However, sync from typekit doesn't work and Photoshop won't allow me to select a system font. It's hugely irritating and frustrating.

Generally, I'm preparing client files for Print and when they use fonts I don't have I need to replace them, as it is Photoshop is just painful to use.

[benw52584159]

Hi The_Badger,

I can't speak to exactly what's happening with Photoshop replacing fonts but I can speak to the Typekit side. Typekit can only sync fonts that are available in Typekit. Above, they mentioned Gotham, Arial, Stratum No2*, and these fonts aren't available in Typekit's subscription library.

You should be able to replace fonts from Typekit if the fonts are in the library or have been purchased on your account. If you're trying to replace/sync a font is available and it's not working, please reach out to us directly: support@typekit.com and we'll look into it further.

Cheers,

Benjamin

*Stratum No2 can be purchased on Typekit but is not available in the subscription library.

[eatmorefish]

Anything posted that mentions fonts gets moved to this thread. Not helpful.

I have a long-standing client and I need to carry out some updates, but since CC2018 has been installed I cannot see any fonts that are not Typekit. The font in question is Rockwell - not available on Typekit.

In simple terms, and for the benefit of everyone else that is having this problem, tell me how I can use non-typekit fonts in your applications.

If I cannot use non-typekit fonts anymore using Adobe products, please do us all the courtesy of telling us that, or do we send the invoice to Adobe for the time lost trying to resolve this.

[benw52584159]

Hi eatmorefish,

First, I'm sorry you ran into trouble here. I can confirm that Adobe apps are not blocking you from using other fonts installed on your computer. We want people to know that Typekit is an option but this is not meant to block the use of fonts outside of Typekit.

Now, that being said, I would like to see if we can figure out what's going on here. There is a TK filter in the font menu for most Adobe apps. This filters down to just the Typekit fonts on your system to make it easier to find recently synced fonts. If you click it again, all the fonts installed on the system will show up.

I'm not sure that's the issue you're seeing but it sounded close enough to mention it. I hope that helps. Let me know and we'll take it from there.

Cheers,

Benjamin

[eatmorefish]

Hi Benjamin,

I don't see a filter in Photoshop. In the menu all there is under Type is Add fonts from Typekit. There is no filter option that you mention.

If you know where it is, please post the simple steps to get to that filter.

Kind regards

John

[Dynamic Office]

Hi,

The filter is as shown below,

Red is to access the font drop down, Blue is where the filters are applied (Typekit, Favourites, similar)

Green is what is being displayed (TypeKit is selected in my case)

If you’re not able to access this, you may be using an outdated version of PS (I’m not familiar which version of PS this was introduced)

[The_Badger]

This isn't close to the original topic which was replacing missing fonts.

Going through every layer is a bloody waste of time.

Really irradiated by this.

[eatmorefish]

This is about replacing missing fonts, which I couldn't. The last reply from Charles has worked, so resolved for me.

[The_Badger]

Strange still only lets me do one at a time..

Frustrating!

[Dynamic Office]

Would you mind posting a few screenshots of your PS window and the font with the Typekit filter applied, then another with no filter?

Thanks

[nicknicholas]

I didn't make this video, but it is exactly what the OP is saying.

How to Resolve Missing Fonts in Photoshop CC. Sometimes. Maybe. - YouTube​

Maybe in the next few year Photoshop will adopt the Illustrator method of replacing fonts. I hope it is not the other way around.

[troyjack]

It's 2020, same problem here as OP. Working on a Mac Pro w/ Mojave, using Suitcase with Google Fonts. Replacing a missing font in a document with a font that already exists in the document does nothing.

[johnh99259726]

It's now November 2023 and Adobe is still yanking us around with this stupid issue. 

[Kevin Stohlmeyer]

@johnh99259726 this post is 6 years old. If you are having a current issue with Fonts and Photoshop 25.1 please post a new thread with details to better assist you.