How to add missing fonts to Adobe Illustrator? Ask Question 2. When opening an Adobe Acrobat PDF document on Mac OS X Lion to edit in Adobe Illustrator CS6, I got the message: The font Helvetica-Narrow-Bold is missing. Affected text will be displayed using a substitute font.
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Adobe Illustrator CS5 is a graphic design program you can use to create crisp vector artwork for Web graphics, digital documents or computer programs. You can also add text to your graphics, which allows you to place slogans, messages or words on your images. Illustrator automatically imports and loads all fonts that are currently installed on your Windows operating system. To use a new font with Illustrator, you must install that font on your computer.
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Shut down the Illustrator CS5 program if it is running.
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Save the font file to the computer where Illustrator CS5 is installed. You can download fonts from online font websites, or you can move a font file from an existing computer’s “Font” folder.
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Right-click and unzip the font file if it is in ZIP file format.
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Right-click the font file and select “Install” from the menu. A new window will appear, confirming the installation.
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Launch the Illustrator CS5 on your computer again. You should now see the new font listed in your font drop-down menu.
Tip
- You must be logged in as a computer administrator to install a new font.
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You do not import fonts into a program; you import them into the operating system, presumably Windows in your case. The font you mention is available as a TTF (TrueType) download. Once you have the TTF files, you would add it, for example in Windows 7, by right-clicking the font (wherever you've downloaded the TTF file(s) and choosing Install.
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You can also add fonts by copying them to the Fonts folder, but there are reports that this approach doesn't always work.
Once the fonts are added in Windows, they are available in -all- programs.
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