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Working with Adobe Fonts

Adobe Fonts (formerly called Typekit) is an online library of When you find a font you want to use, move your mouse
high-quality fonts that are available to anyone with a Creative over that font to show the Activate icon ; click that icon
Cloud subscription . to activate it in your Creative Cloud account . (A separate
icon shows that a particular font is currently being
The Find More option at the top of the Font panel provides a activated .) Synced fonts will be available for use in
link to Adobe Fonts directly from the InDesign interface . any application on your device .

If only certain fonts in a family are active, you can click the
Active Remaining icon to activate all fonts in that family .
If a font is already active, move your mouse over the Active
icon to access the Deactivate icon ; click that icon to
unsync that font .

Verifying your Adobe ID
To use Adobe Fonts in an Adobe application, you must first If this option shows
verify you are signed in using the username and password “Sign In,” you are not
associated with your individual user subscription . (Adobe Font yet signed in to your
functionality is not available if you are working on a computer Creative Cloud account.
that has an Adobe software Device license instead of an
individual user subscription .)

If you open the Help menu, you will see an option to either If this option shows “Sign
Sign In or Sign Out . If you see the words “Sign Out,” the Out,” this is the email (Adobe
ID) that is currently signed in
menu option also shows the email address (username) that is to the Adobe Creative Cloud.
currently signed in .
If you see your own username, you are already signed in and
can use the Adobe Font functionality . If you see a different
username, you should choose the Sign Out option, and then
sign in with your own username . If you see the words “Sign
In,” you should choose that menu option and follow the on-
screen directions to sign in with your own username .

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