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More about Working with Fonts (continued)

Working with Adobe Fonts Verifying your Adobe ID
Adobe Fonts (formerly called Typekit) is an online library of To use Adobe Fonts in an Adobe application, you must fi rst
high-quality fonts that are available to anyone with a Creative verify you are signed in using the username and password
Cloud subscription. associated with your individual user subscription. (Adobe Font
functionality is not available if you are working on a computer
The Find More option at the top of the Font panel provides a that has an Adobe software Device license instead of an
link to Adobe Fonts directly from the InDesign interface. individual user subscription.)

If you open the Help menu, you will see an option to either
Sign In or Sign Out. If you see the words “Sign Out,” the
menu option also shows the email address (username) that is
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.

When you fi nd a font you want to use, move your mouse
over that font to show the Activate icon ; click that icon
to activate it in your Creative Cloud account. (A separate This is the Adobe ID email
icon shows that a particular font is currently being that is currently signed in to
activated .) Synced fonts will be available for use in the Adobe Creative Cloud.
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.

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