"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
    2020-04-04T19:29:10+00:00

    I'm a design - who had the same issues. 

    I installed Avenir (which I had on other machines) onto a new PC, but it never showed up on any Adobe package. 

    I followed most of the steps suggested.

    The solution that worked for me is: Right click on the font and select the Install for all users. All other install features, for some reason didn't work, but this instantly did. 

    Hope it helps.

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-05-21T20:10:52+00:00

    Hi, I think I had a similar problem and found a way around it.

    For me, it seems to happen when one family has several variations in several files, and you try to install each file separately. The first file install works; every other one gives a dialog saying "already installed". If you say "Replace", it still isn't installed.

    What worked for me (as Administrator):

    1. Go to folder Windows\Fonts and look for the family name. Delete any items in the font family which are already there.
    2. Open another folder with the font files you want to install. Select all of them. (For me, 18 Lato*.ttf files.)
    3. Hold control key, click and drag all the files into the Windows\Fonts folder to copy them all at once.
    4. (You MAY get the "already installed" dialog. If so, select "Replace" and check "Do this for all remaining items".)

    If you then look in Windows\Fonts, you should see the family name as a single "stack" icon. Double-click that icon and you should see a bunch of individual icons for each variation.

    NOTE: Fonts are sometimes grouped strangely.

    All the "Lato" fonts show up in a single "Lato" group, except for "Lato Hairline Light" and "Lato Hairline Light Italic" which show up in a "Lato Hairline" group. It must have something to do with how many words are in the name.

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-03-11T12:48:50+00:00

    Just to add my experience:

    If I paste the fonts into the folder

    C:\Windows\Fonts

    in explorer, then the fonts don't install.

    However, if I open 'fonts' in control panel, and paste the fonts there, then they seem to install.

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-01-10T14:20:34+00:00

    I feel the same way. And I‘m sure we are just the tip of the iceberg. There must be thousands of people having this issue, maybe found our thread and sadly needed to realize that so far no solution has been working.

    Is there a way to get this issue directly to MS?

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-11-28T08:42:16+00:00

    Same here, I install a font, Windows says it was installed, I try to look for it in /c/windows/fonts and it does not exist. I try to install it again (or copy and paste the file into the folder) and Windows says "Already installed". 

    I'm on a Windows 10 work computer that I have admin rights for (since I can install software just fine), wondering if any other people are at work when this is happening?

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