"Installed" fonts not showing up in Windows Fonts folder

Anonymous
2018-07-23T12:31:42+00:00

Hi guys,

Unfortunately, none of the previous answers solves my problem.

I try to install fonts. According to Windows that also works but I cannot see the installed fonts in the Windows Fonts folder and neither do they show up in Illustrator. 

When I copy a font file into the Windows Fonts folder it says "The "xxxxxx" font is already installed. Do you want to replace it?" - I click yes, but still - the font does not show.

It's not a problem of the font file as it was working previously. Same happens to hundreds of other fonts. Says they are installed but they don't show and they are not selectable in other applications.

Thanks for your help!

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-03-05T14:49:25+00:00

    This seems to be exactly what's happening on my work PC. I've installed a font with 21 typefaces, yet only one or two will show up at a time. They show as installed via control panel > fonts, and they're in the registry, but they will not work. I've wasted so much time trying to fix this, and now I'm mid-design with fonts that will no longer work. Very frustrating. I posted to Adobe last time this happened and didn't get a solution. 

    I've tried every fix in this thread, and others, but I still cannot get this font installed. 

    When you used FontForge what were the steps you took exactly? Which field did you edit? I would imagine you'd have to reinstall the fonts after editing? I tried messing with this months ago, the last time I went through this nightmare, but I never got it working.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-01-11T02:16:40+00:00

    I have a solution for anyone who had the issue I had (and tried every single one of these solutions with no success).

    I downloaded a font called Jeebz which worked perfectly fine on my Mac. Since swapping over to Windows for work, I needed that font on this computer also. It contains two weights: Jeebz-Regular and Jeebz-Bold. Whichever one I installed first is the one that showed up in my Fonts folder and worked normally. I literally tried every single thing everyone here suggested but nothing worked. They were technically both installed but one was hidden. I assumed that maybe Windows was lumping them together under the same name, so I downloaded FontForge in order to rename one of the fonts. I renamed the bold one 'Jeebiez' and left the regular one 'Jeebz-Regular'. Both of them now show up! 

    It's definitely not a long term solution, especially if you have loads of fonts that are hidden, but it's a bandaid fix for now until Microsoft sorts it out (if ever). Kind of makes me wonder if I should have left Apple...

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-01-06T17:59:57+00:00

    Hi, Ulf. I was able to resolve my problem at last.

    I discovered that there were two fonts in my system, identical, with two different names. I believe one was a system font and the other was something I downloaded from daFont--eurostyle was one, and the other name I don't recall. I couldn't for the life of me find eurostyle in inDesign, only illustrator. So I added the typestyle to my adobe library from illustrator and was able to apply the style in inDesign. After that, I could access the font. Strange solution, but that's my workaround. 

    Suggest you look at your fonts to see if there is another with the same appearance but different name causing a conflict. 

    Good luck!

    al

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-01-06T13:26:55+00:00

    Dear Microsoft and people reading this,

    I have tried all suggestions in this thread, and none of them work.

    Do you have another suggestion?

    Regards, Ulf

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