Downloaded font in Illustrator

Hello,
I recently got a new computer and transferred the programs and license to the new computer. I installed some new fonts from a free online source for personal use. Illustrator recognizes that they are installed when I search in the character box, but does not change to that font when selected. It also does not show up in the drop down font tab. Any ideas on how to fix this and get my downloaded fonts working again?

You have not provided any system info and otehr details, so we can't know. And chances are that one of your free fonts is simply busted and messes up the font system as a whole e.g. by using the same internal font name as another font or being designed poorly and not rendering correctly. Same old, same old, really...
Mylenium

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I purchased new fonts and downloaded them. I can see them in every application except Adobe Illustrator. I'm fairly new to Illustrator, so this could be something simple - but, not for me! Any suggestions?

There are several font folders and the one you might try is ~/library/fonts
As opposed to the User/Username/Library/Fonts
but take my advice and get a font manager like Font Agent Pro.
You simply drag it into the UI activate the fonts and launch your application and you can manage your system fonts as well.
You can create sets of fonts for specific purposes and cients.

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I downloaded and used illustrator last night, but today it crashes on opening? can any one help?
The only reason I download from Creative Cloudd is because my previous software copy is no longer supported, feeling very frustrated!

Tabitha,
Many still use unsupported ealier versions, and there is no real need to upgrade unless there is a real need.
Unless you have done something like installing new fonts or made other changes, it may be releavnt to look at the following list.
Or you can try this specialized forum (where you may be able find the answer from previous threads),
http://forums.adobe.com/community/download_install_setup
or Customer Care (tick I Still Need Help and hope for an agent available for a chat),
http://helpx.adobe.com/contact.html?product=illustrator&topic=downloading-installing-and-s etting-up
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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I'm having a horrible time trying to get my fonts into illustrator, I downloaded about 200 fonts from the internet, and can't get them into illustator. I used to use and still do use corel 10. Needless to say the instant i put my disc of fonts in my harddrive they were automatically downloaded to corel 10, i didn't have to do anything, the same can't be said for illustrator.

Assuming you're on Windows, install the fonts with the Windows Fonts Control Panel. Then they will be available to all applications, including Illustrator.
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How do you use downloaded fonts in flash 8???

i have downloaded several fonts from www.flashkit.com and
would like instructions on how to make it apear in the font
selection menu, is there a specific place i have to save it???
somewhere where i can import it??? please help me

flash uses your system fonts.
to install fonts in windows - Start > Control panel >
Fonts - File > Install New Font... navigate to
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re-start flash.
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> i have downloaded several fonts from www.flashkit.com
and would like
> instructions on how to make it apear in the font
selection menu, is there a
> specific place i have to save it??? somewhere where i
can import it??? please
> help me
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How do I use a downloaded font with Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 2007? The font is in a zip file. What I found on Google gave directions for Windows XP and I was able to find the font dialog box through the control panel, but there was no drop down file option (where I was supposed to be able to simply add the font), which is what all the sources told me to look for in Windows XP ... which doesn't really help for Windows 7. Please help!
Nothing I post is an official statment of Best Buy or Geek Squad, it is only a helpful opinion!
Solved!
Go to Solution.

I can help you out with this! Windows 7 has made it easy for us to do this!
1. Right click on Zipped file that you have.
2. Click extract here.
3. You should see another folder appear that is unzipped.
4. Open that folder and find the font file. (There are a few different types)
5. Right click the font file and choose the option "Install"
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we have recently purchased an HP LaserJet Pro 400 M401a Laser Printer which needs to be used with a system that downloads fonts for correct style printouts. The problem I am having is the fonts download initially which is great, but they are not saved by the printer after 1 printout so the user is having to download the fonts everytime she wants to print something.
All other printers in the office are HP2055 and work as expected saving the fonts after the initial download. I have asked the support team of the application to have a look at the situation and they say everything is setup correctly so it may be an issue with the printer. Printer is installed on a Windows XP SP3 PC.
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Driver Version: 61.140.04.14138 (1 Jan 2013)
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If the downloaded soft fonts are definitely not being saved (despite the download presumably terminating with a 'make soft font permanent' escape sequence), then the problem must lie in the firmware - and the only resolution is if HP releases a new version with a fix.
To be certain about which PCL5 fonts are resident in the printer, you have presumably printed off a 'PCL5 Typeface List' via the relevant front panel menu (assuming this printer has one).
Or you could send the following direct to the printer to invoke that report:
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where <Esc> represents the non-graphic) Escape control-code character (the character with decimal code 27, or hexadecimal 1B), and each PJL statement is terminated with a LineFeed control-code (decimal 10, hexadecimal 0A).
Assuming that the printer is USB-connected, you could send the contents of the file (name, say, testfile.prn) holding the above to the printer using the copy command in a command-prompt session:
copy /b testfile.prn \\computer-name\share-name
where:
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share-name is a share name of the installed Windows printer instance.
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i found this info from this link: http://forums.adobe.com/message/3466307. The user who asked this question stats this solution worked for them.
First in Language and text preferences in the system preferences select Hebrew as the input method.
The in Illustrator click the text tool in your document or drag to create a text frame.
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Downloading fonts.

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cor-el,
Thank you for trying to help.
I do not understand what you expect me to see after doing Ctrl+Shift+K. What I get is a blank area and a prompt to type something just below it
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