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Scrolling through fonts has become impossible

Community Beginner ,
Jun 29, 2021 Jun 29, 2021

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It seems like a very fundamental task in photoshop has become fairly impossible : auditioning different fonts for your project via scrolling through them in the character panel.  

 

I usually select my type layer and then use the arrow keys to scroll through the font list and view different typefaces.  However, whenever I make an edit, and come back to the fontlist, it jumps all the way back to the top of the list, no matter if I try to start it where I left off or not.  It's as if it is impossible to scroll through fonts from anywhere except the top of the list.  This seems downright insane for photoshop?!

 

I have found a couple other users on the forum mentioning this to no avail.  How are you all testing many different fonts in your project if this basic function does not work anymore?!

  

 

 

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Jun 29, 2021 Jun 29, 2021

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Hi! I understand your frustration. Have you looked through this help doc on troubleshooting fonts? https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/troubleshoot-fonts-photoshop.html

 

Also, a shortcut I've used to get back to where I left off is to hit the corresponding letter. Like if I left off at Garamond, I will hit H and it jumps to that letter somewhere in the list. It's not a fix, but a handy way to get around.

 

Michelle

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Community Expert ,
Jun 29, 2021 Jun 29, 2021

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Which version of Photoshop is in question? Which OS?

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Community Expert ,
Jun 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021

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Not a solution but, other than the suggestion of mglush, maybe you can use a font manager:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop/how-to-organize-group-fonts-in-photoshop/m-p/4691695

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Jun 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021

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Great advice to try. I also favor a font manager. They are lifesavers in all of these programs. 

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Community Beginner ,
Jul 12, 2022 Jul 12, 2022

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I have the same issues now. They need to release a patch/update. This disaster happened after the last update.

Photoshop 23.4.1 and Big Sur 11.6.5. 

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New Here ,
Jul 13, 2022 Jul 13, 2022

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Ditto here.   That feature is crucial when you're having to match up a font on something you're working on.

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Enthusiast ,
Jul 17, 2022 Jul 17, 2022

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I am having the same issue. I cannot scroll through the fonts any longer. Its not related to the glyphs issue but a whole new ball game of instability. 

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Community Beginner ,
Jul 31, 2022 Jul 31, 2022

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I literally searched for this issue just to make sure I wasn't going crazy! Yes! Please fix immediately. This simple function is critical to finding the perfect font.

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New Here ,
Aug 10, 2022 Aug 10, 2022

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This is aweful.  Not only can I no longer index through my fonts with the use of the arrow keys, the font menu covers most of my workspace and I can't see my workspace.  Macbook Photoshop 23.4.2

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Community Beginner ,
Aug 16, 2022 Aug 16, 2022

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The last 2 Photoshop updates in CC (between June - August 2022) seem to have nuked this feature. I keep hoping to see a CC update that will fix this but so far nothing. 

I can't believe how useful this feature was and how often I used it until it quit working. Come on Adobe, do better!!!

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New Here ,
Aug 16, 2022 Aug 16, 2022

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Oh, good. So it's not just me and I'm not going crazy. I used to be able to be on a text layer, click the Horizontal Type Tool, then put my cursor in the top left box with the font names. Then I used to be able to arrow up or down to advance to the previous/next font and then my text would change. I can no longer do this (seems all of a sudden, because I swear I've done this fairly recently). I'm using Release 23.4.2.

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New Here ,
Aug 26, 2022 Aug 26, 2022

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I need to be able to scroll through font selections for type design projects. It has been a disastarous glitch with no efficient workaround. I hope Adobe is on task to resolve this issue.

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New Here ,
Aug 26, 2022 Aug 26, 2022

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I resolved the Font scrolling issue by uninstalling pshop 23.4.2 and reinstalling the previous version of 23.4.1  Easily done in Adobe Creative Cloud,  just select Photoshop and click "other versions" I don't know if the newer 23.5 would also fix the scrolling issue. Haven't tried that yet. Just going with what works for now.

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Advocate ,
Aug 26, 2022 Aug 26, 2022

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You can also remove the name of the font in the options panel - then you are able to use the arrow keys again...

But this can't be a solution...

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Participant ,
Aug 26, 2022 Aug 26, 2022

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Indeed, but my mouse scroll whell is a mess anyway so i use Up and Down arrow keys this still works to scroll trough fornts.

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New Here ,
Aug 14, 2023 Aug 14, 2023

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does anyone know if there is a keybind to open the font list? im setting up a way to use qmk to scroll through my list and it works however i need to be able to select the box or a keybind for it without having to do so w the mouse

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