CS5 Illustrator Font List is messed up

I'm trying to figure out how to fix the following:
Ive cleared the font caches and its still happening... Anyone have any input? Thanks !

Here is the fix: Adobe Illustrator CS5 Font Menu Display Fix in OSX Yosemite

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Certain postscript fonts (ZapfDingbats and Rubino Sans) are correctly installed in Windows 7 and available to Microsoft programs (Word and Excel) but not to Adobe programs. That is, they do not appear in any of the CS3 Design Standard applications (PhotoShop, InDesign, Illustrator) font lists when the application is open. I have uninstalled and reinstalled both the fonts and CS3 to no avail. I have added shortcuts to the Common Files/Adobe/Fonts directory to no avail. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

I assume by PostScript fonts you really mean Type 1 fonts. (TrueType and OpenType fonts are every bit as much "PostScript fonts" as Type 1 fonts are!)
There is a known problem with the CS3 applications with all Type 1 fonts under all Windows Vista 64-bit and Windows 7 64-bit versions when such fonts are installed in the Windows System Font directory. The problem is fixed in CS4.
The workaround is to copy all the Type 1 font files (both the .PFB and the .PFM files - each Type 1 font has one .PFB and one .PFM file) to the Creative Suite's private font directory. Depending upon the CS version, that may be in
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Fonts
or
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Fonts
Restart the Creative Suite programs you are using and the fonts should appear.
You may also copy said fonts into the private font directories of the individual applications (typically a directory path ending with the node name Fonts.
- Dov

We install the Mac os X Yosemite. Do not see the font list in illustrator cs5. How can I resolve

We install the Mac os X Yosemite.
Do not see the font list in illustrator cs5.
How can I resolve.

I believe I am having the same issue. Here is a screenshot of what my font list looks like. When highlighting over the fonts the names will show. Any solutions would be greatly appreciated.

Illustrator CS2 ITA & fonts list problem

Hi!
I've a BIG problem with ILLUSTRATOR CS2 (ITALIAN VERSION).
So, fonts are not displayed in the font list in the character palette.
I tryed to repair but the problem remains.
Any idea?
I've also Ps CS3 & Acrobat Reader 9.1 on WinXP SP3
HELP ME PLS!
Thx
Ciao!

Clear out any instances of AdobeFnt.lst files. On next startup, they will be rebuilt. Before you do, get rid of any fonts you don't currently need, especially poor quality free fonts. Some of them contain incorrect contours or other damaged data and will kick your system in the teeth...
Mylenium

Illustrator CS4 Fails to Display Font List In Yosomite

Illustrator CS4 Fails Display Font List In Yosomite, but displays Individual Font Family Names, I scroll down to about where I think it should be then check each font family till I find Correct one. As I am cutting back on work load in preparation for retirement, I have deleted my Font Manager rather than upgrading it to Yosomite and reverted to "Font Book".

Just discovered what appears to be the fix on another website. It was a fix for CF5 but it appears to work just fine for CS4 as we;
Open the Mac OS X System Preferences and head to ‘Accessibility.’ Once you are in there, select ‘Display’ from the left-hand list and then check the checkbox that says “Reduce transparency.”

Illustrator CS5.1 Font Preview fails with OS X Yosemite upgrade

just upgraded to Yosemite and after updating the Java needed to even open Illustrator and Photoshop CS5.1
the Font Preview option in the Character window is completely empty (with the exception of the font you have highlighted) effectively rendering the font preview option useless.
is there a patch in the works?
or some other way around this?

FANTASTICO! Ho perso ore e ore per capire cosa fossi successo...invece, era una cosa semplice...Grazie! Agli maici italiani che hanno aggiornato il loro mac a OS 11 e riscontrono problemmi in illustrator cs 5.1, cioè non vedono i fonti, questa tua risposta è un solievo illustrator CS5.1 Font Preview fails with OS X Yosemite upgrade

Illustrator 5.5 crashes when scrolling through font list

I'm running on a macbook pro OS 10.7.4 and illustrator 5.5 crashes everytime I open a new document, select the type tool and scroll through the font list from the font menu list. It scrolls about 25% down the list then crashes the software.

I also have a MacBook Pro (retina) and am running OS X Mountain Lion. I, too, have this problem. This is 100% reproducable, on a newly installed system. The crash report always contains something like this:
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS)
Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x0000000017c1f004
VM Regions Near 0x17c1f004:
    MALLOC_LARGE           0000000017a38000-0000000017c1f000 [ 1948K] rw-/rwx SM=PRV
--> mapped file            0000000017c1f000-0000000017cbe000 [ 636K] r--/rwx SM=COW /System/Library/Fonts/MarkerFelt.ttc
    mapped file            0000000017cbe000-0000000017d5e000 [ 640K] r--/rwx SM=COW /Library/Fonts/Microsoft Sans Serif.ttf
...which looks like it might be font corruption; however, the fonts a different every time the crash happens. Here are two others:
VM Regions Near 0x17f61004:
    MALLOC_LARGE           0000000017b94000-0000000017f61000 [ 3892K] rw-/rwx SM=PRV
--> mapped file            0000000017f61000-0000000017fd6000 [ 468K] r--/rwx SM=COW /Library/Fonts/Skia.ttf
    CG image               0000000017fd6000-000000001804c000 [ 472K] rw-/rwx SM=PRV
VM Regions Near 0x18df1000:
    MALLOC_LARGE           0000000018bb3000-0000000018df1000 [ 2296K] rw-/rwx SM=PRV
-->
    mapped file            00000000190f3000-000000001916a000 [ 476K] r--/rwx SM=COW /Library/Fonts/Chalkduster.ttf
What is the same is the stack. At the top of the stack is a bunch of toolbox drawing calls:
Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0   com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x932bc338 HIStandardMenuView::DrawItem(unsigned char, CGContext*, unsigned char) + 2616
1   com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x932bb646 HIStandardMenuView::DrawSelf(short, __HIShape const*, CGContext*) + 492
2   com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x932f25dc HIView::DrawCacheOrSelf(short, __HIShape const*, CGContext*) + 364
3   com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x932f22d9 HIView::SendDraw(short, OpaqueGrafPtr*, __HIShape const*, CGContext*) + 125
4   com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x9337ef35 HIView::RecursiveDrawComposited(__HIShape const*, __HIShape const*, unsigned long, HIView*, CGContext*, unsigned char, float) + 759
5   com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x9337f2bc HIView::RecursiveDrawComposited(__HIShape const*, __HIShape const*, unsigned long, HIView*, CGContext*, unsigned char, float) + 1662
6   com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x9337f2bc HIView::RecursiveDrawComposited(__HIShape const*, __HIShape const*, unsigned long, HIView*, CGContext*, unsigned char, float) + 1662
7   com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x9337e350 HIView::DrawComposited(short, OpaqueGrafPtr*, __HIShape const*, unsigned long, HIView*, CGContext*) + 802
8   com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x9337dfe2 HIView::Draw(short, OpaqueGrafPtr*, unsigned long) + 82
9   com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x9337df89 HIView::Render(unsigned long, CGContext*) + 45
10 com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x932fabb0 FlushWindowObject(WindowData*, void**, unsigned char) + 812
11 com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x93303529 FlushAllBuffers(__CFRunLoopObserver*, unsigned long, void*) + 245
12 com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x993fa51e __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_AN_OBSERVER_CALLBACK_FUNCTION__ + 30
13 com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x993fa45d __CFRunLoopDoObservers + 381
14 com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x993d3d53 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 355
15 com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x993d3bdb CFRunLoopRunInMode + 123
16 com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x932fc8aa RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 242
17 com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x932fc545 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 162
18 com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x932c1126 AcquireNextEventInMode + 68
19 com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x932be6bd IsUserStillTracking(MenuSelectData*, unsigned char*) + 372
20 com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x932abdde TrackMenuCommon(MenuSelectData&, unsigned char*) + 1724
21 com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x9349de2d PopUpMenuSelectCore(MenuData*, Point, double, Point, unsigned short, unsigned int, Rect const*, unsigned short, unsigned long, Rect const*, Rect const*, __CFString const*, OpaqueMenuRef**, unsigned short*) + 1733
22 com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x9349e60c PopUpMenuSelect + 252
All of these look like the bit that is failing is the bit that is poping up a submenu of the various font weights.
The top-most Adobe-written function on the stack is:
23 com.adobe.illustrator                   0x005e4f9d AWS_CUI_RevertAlert(OpaqueWindowPtr*, adobe::aws::gen::String<unsigned short>&, adobe::aws::gen::String<unsigned short>&) + 2707053
24 com.adobe.illustrator                   0x0041a591 AWS_CUI_RevertAlert(OpaqueWindowPtr*, adobe::aws::gen::String<unsigned short>&, adobe::aws::gen::String<unsigned short>&) + 828513
25 com.adobe.coretech.adm                  0x124bc751 ADMBase::DoTrack(ADMTracker&) + 141
26 com.adobe.coretech.adm                  0x124eb8f5 ADMItem::DoTrack(ADMTracker&) + 35
27 com.adobe.coretech.adm                  0x1250f0fd ADMTracker::CallTrack() + 417
28 com.adobe.coretech.adm                  0x1253613d MacTracker::MacDispatchEvent(unsigned short, NPoint, ADMModifiers, unsigned long, unsigned long) + 517
Beneath this is just standard event processing, main loop stuff.

Anyone have an issue where a font shows in the font list in Photoshop/Illustrator but not in Flash?

Anyone have an issue where a font shows in the font list in Photoshop/Illustrator but not in Flash?
I'm not 100% sure but i may have had flash open when installing, i then uninstalled the font and then reinstalled the font. I even tried going from an OTF font to a TTF font.
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-Line
I'm using Adobe CS6 Flash, Photoshop and Illustrator on MAC OSX

Yes. It's rare, but some fonts do not play well with Flash. Flash seems to have a more strict method of evaluating a font that can be imported. This is, in my opinion, probably because Flash needs to create a faux version of a font when it is imported. There may be some information that is either missing or not acceptable to Flash in a particular font and so Flash won't allow it to be used - even if you're not going to import that font.

Illustrator fonts messed up, help!

i have a bunch of fonts installed on my pc, when im in a word program, i can highlight the font and choose which font id like to use by simply pressing the arrow down key to look through all my fonts.
when im in illustrator, however, this doesnt work. whether i highlight the actual text or just have the text box selected, when i go into the characters table to edit and choose my font, i click the font name and will start at the top of the list and use my arrow keys to go up and down. this works for the first few key strokes, depending where i am in the list, but then ill be close to the top and after a few more down strokes i end up near the bottom of the list. and if i hit a certain few fonts, no matter how many times i press down to scroll down, it will just alternate between two fonts. the ONLY way i can view each font in the list is to manually click it with the mouse.
i run illustrator CS4 and i noticed when looking through computer file folders, illustrator didnt have a font folder but i see one in indesign. if i added a font folder to illustrator, can i pick and choose which fonts my illustrator program has vs. what my windows fonts uses?
im trying to fix this jumping problem but i really have no idea where to start.
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In the preferences (Text handling section), disable the Glyph protection setting

Cs apps crash when opening font list on my new macbook retina

I was eager to start working on my new retina display macbook, especially after my last macbook was stollen (sniff) but when i tried opening my fonts and scrolling throught the list, both photoshop and illustrator just stopped dead and crashed. I reinstalled my whole cs, but (oh no) it happened again. My husband emptied my font cache and un-checked the preview option in my illustator preferences, and now it's working but takes a few seconds to think about it, it also warns me when openning a file that there is not enough memory to open my file (i close the message and open it again, it works). Does anyone here know what's going on and why it's happening or even better - is there a way to fix it? if you do, please keep your answer at about a 6 year's old understanding level of computers since that's about my level of understanding
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You eitehr have too many fonts overall or a crappy "bad" font such as some freeware fonts and it messes with your font handling. Likewise, incompatible font manager software may cause such issues..
Mylenium

Font (times) not showing up in Dreamweaver, not in preferences font list

I'm on a computer using 10.6.8, Snow Leopard and Dreamweaver CS5. When we apply a style of Times New Roman to the text, it remains in it's default state (sans serif). When we apply a font family style, including times and a default serif font, the font still appears sans serif. This makes it seem like dreamweaver thinks the font it has is times, or it would default down the font family chain. When we preview in the browser the correct times new roman font is used.
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In addition to onyx I've also used the recommended "Font Finagler" application for clearing the font cache and working with fonts. It and font book both seem to validate and approve the times new roman font.
I logged in as another user and experienced the same problem.
In addition, I have a host of other fonts in the aphabetical ti-uvwxy range, and none of them show up in my font list in the system preferences font drop down. "Times", the first fallback font for the font family is within this missing range as well and does not show up. I know this list is for choosing the system fonts for the interface but I think it further points towards there being some kind of bug or problem with loading my entire font list into the application.
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The machine is an older mac running OSX 10.6.8.
Both Illustrator CS5 and CS6 are installed (have been for years).
This morning, CS6 sees only the top half of the font list. Everything below is blank. It scrolls as if other entries are there, but the screen is blank and there is nothing to select.
CS5 still sees the entire font list.
I have:
Closed and reopened the program (no change).
Run Font Nuke to clean the cache files.
Rebooted (several times -- still no change).
My question;
Short of uninstall > run cleaner tool > reinstall, is there anything else to try?
--OB

OB,
Here is the long list (apologizing for my posting it again, I believe you know it).
The following is a general list of things you may try when the issue is not in a specific file (you may have tried/done some of them already); 1) and 2) are the easy ones for temporary strangenesses, and 3) and 4) are specifically aimed at possibly corrupt preferences); 5) is a list in itself, and 6) is the last resort.
1) Close down Illy and open again;
2) Restart the computer (you may do that up to 3 times);
3) Close down Illy and press Ctrl+Alt+Shift/Cmd+Option+Shift during startup (easy but irreversible);
4) Move the folder (follow the link with that name) with Illy closed (more tedious but also more thorough and reversible);
5) Look through and try out the relevant among the Other options (follow the link with that name, Item 7) is a list of usual suspects among other applications that may disturb and confuse Illy, Item 15) applies to CC, CS6, and maybe CS5);
Even more seriously, you may:
6) Uninstall, run the Cleaner Tool (if you have CS3/CS4/CS5/CS6/CC), and reinstall.
http://www.adobe.com/support/contact/cscleanertool.html

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hello!
i use suitcase fusion with my illustrator CS2.
I have noticed that in some files the font list is very long, and once I open a new font or activate it it is listed in the font list and openned every time I open the file.
is there a way to delete fonts from the list???
I delete swatches and patterns etc. when I save a file to make it a little smaller and open faster, now I am onto the fonts.
kt

If the fonts are used in the document, you can replace them by selecting: Type > Find Font.
If the listed fonts are not in the Find Font dialog and they are not active in either Font Book or Suitecase Fusion, then it is possible that the font list files have become damaged. You may be able to reset the list by reseting the font list files:
1. Quit all open applications.
2. From the Finders menu go to File > Find.
3. Select the hard drive name and select File Name from the Search options.
4. Change the Kind field to Name.
5. Type the following in the search field: Adobefnt
6. Move any of the resulting files to the Trash and then empty the trash.
Once these files are deleted, relaunch the product and attempt to reproduce the issue. The font list files will get recreated as needed.

I bought and installed many fonts for a project and one font in particular which is showing up in the font list on a new file, is missing when I open an existing file containing that font. I can't understand why that's happening and the font is Centrale S

Hi
I am encountering a missing font error on Adobe Illustrator for a font that I recently bought - Centrale Sans Bold. This font is clearly installed in the system's font folder and is also showing in the font list on Adobe Illustrator. But when I open an existing file containing this font it is giving the error "The document uses fonts or characters which are not available or are in a different format than originally specified".
We have also bought Centrale Sans regular from a different website as we couldn't find both on one, could that be clashing somehow?
Also the existing file was created on MAC plattform and we are using a windows plattform to open it. That to me doesn't seem like an issue as all other files are opening up fine and I have bought around 47 fonts and only this font seems to be not working. I have also written to the website I bought it from but I have also bought around 20-25 fonts from them and all the other fonts are working fine too. Maybe its an illustrator related problem?
Please help!!!!!!

There is one way its getting fixed. Once I update my Adobe Illustrator CC to Adobe Illustrator CC 2014 it is further allowing me to go into the system folder and allocate the font to the file so that it can replace it. My only concern now is that our MAC partners who will receive these files back from us have Adobe CS6. We will down save it to CS6 but I hope they won't experience any font issues because of us using CC 2014? Any light you can shed on this?

Feature Request: Consistently Intelligent Font Lists across all CS Program

Current Problems/Inconsistencies in Font Lists + Suggested Solutions:
NUMBER OF FONTS SIMULTANEOUSLY DISPLAYED:
Premiere Pro (PP): 16 (too few!)
AE: 19 (too few!)
Photoshop: 40 (adequate)
Illustrator: auto-maximizing (displays as many fonts as screen supports, 50 on a 1920x1080 monitor)
*SOLUTION: Make all font lists auto-maximizing like Illustrator!
FONT PREVIEWS:
PP: Yes (6 user-defined characters previewed next to font names)
AE: No previews
Photoshop: Yes ('Sample' displayed in each font, but too small for comfortable viewing)
Illustrator: Yes (Each font name is displayed in actual font, but this makes it inconvenient to know the name of 'Dingbat' fonts.)
*SOLUTION: Make all font lists display font names in left column, with 'Sample' displayed in the actual fonts to the right. When users select any text, replace 'Sample' with the first 1-30 selected characters for instant previewing in all available fonts (e.g. selecting the '&' character would display '&' in all available fonts for instant comparison). Also make font lists resizable with a horizontal zoom bar at top of list to ensure comfortable viewing for everyone.
SCROLL BAR:
PP & AE: Yes
Photoshop: Yes (perfect size and color scheme for best visibility)
Illustrator: No (current scrolling method is frustratingly slow!)
*SOLUTION: Add a Photoshop style scroll bar to each font list for best visibility/usability.
FONT SELECTING WITH ARROW KEYS:
PP & AE: Yes, by arrow-keying up/down in both the font fields and font lists
Photoshop & Illustrator: Only from the font fields. Highlighting fonts with the arrow keys in the font lists doesn't result in font visualizing.
*SOLUTION: Allow PREVIEWING of fonts by arrow-keying up/down in font fields and font lists in all CS programs. I emphasize 'previewing' instead of 'selecting', since previewing fonts avoids the problem of unnecessary undos being created for each font visualized with the arrow keys. (Note: Arrow-scrolling through the font field in Photoshop's Options bar works as I suggest, by 'previewing' each font without creating unnecessary undos. Unfortunately, arrow-scrolling through the font field in Photoshop's Character panel does create useless "Set Character Style" History states for every visualized font. This kind of inconsistency even within a single program is crazy!)
CONCLUSION:
CS programs are all part of the same family, and should therefore behave as such with consistently intelligent tools. This includes font lists with a consistently intelligent design.
Please comment and share! Let's get these glaring font list inconsistencies finally fixed!

If you want to do this correctly you need to file a request for each feature.
Ripple Sequence and Chapter Markers is already implemented. Sequence markers are the same as chapter markers, yes? (Ripple Sequence Markers, select Marker > Ripple Sequence Markers.)
Ability to print the Keyboard Shortcuts, or save all of them as a text file. also available. (hold ctrl+shift while opening. A button with clipboard appears)
Keyboard shortcuts to scale image zoom in Source and Program tabs. available
Keyboard shortcuts to increase or decrease playback resolution. available
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