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Working with Adobe Typekit

Adobe Typekit is an online library of high-quality fonts. The menu option also shows the email address (username) that is
Typekit Portfolio Plan, which provides access to the full font currently signed in.
library and allows you to sync up to 100 fonts at a time to
your desktop, is included in your individual user subscription If you see your own username, you are already signed in
to the Adobe Creative Cloud. and can use the Typekit functionality. If you see a different
username, you should choose the Sign Out option, and then
The Find More option at the top of the Font panel provides sign in with your own username. If you see the words “Sign
a link to Adobe Typekit fonts directly from the InDesign In,” you should choose that menu option and follow the on-
interface. screen directions to sign in with your own username.
If this option shows
“Sign In,” you are not
yet signed in to your
Creative Cloud account.

If this option shows “Sign
Out,” this is the email (Adobe
ID) that is currently signed in
to the Adobe Creative Cloud.

Using the Adobe Creative Cloud Application
On Macintosh, the Adobe Creative Cloud application is
accessed on the right side of the Menu bar at the top of the
screen. On Windows, it is accessed on the right side of the
When you fi nd a font you want to use, move your mouse Taskbar at the bottom of the screen.
over that font to show the Activate icon ; click that icon
to activate it in your Creative Cloud account. (A separate
icon shows that a particular font is currently being
activated .) Synced fonts will be available for use in Macintosh
any application on your device.

If only certain fonts in a family are active, you can click the Windows
Active Remaining icon to activate all fonts in that family.
Font syncing through
If a font is already active, move your mouse over the Active Adobe Typekit is managed
icon to access the Deactivate icon ; click that icon to through the Assets:Fonts
unsync that font.
pane of the application.
Any fonts that are already
synced in your account are
Verifying your Adobe ID listed in this pane. (If you
To use Typekit fonts in an Adobe application, you must fi rst have not yet synced fonts
verify you are signed in using the username and password in your account, you see a
associated with your individual user subscription. (Typekit default screen.)
functionality is not available if you are working on a computer
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
Sign In or Sign Out. If you see the words “Sign Out,” the

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