Blender can not see all fonts #61398
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System Information
Operating system: Windows 10 64bit
Graphics card: NVIDIA GTX 1080
Blender Version
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blender-2.80-0b6dbbc306b0-win64
Short description of error
When i create shift+a Text (C:\Windows\Fonts) , Blender can not see all fonts. Only windows default fonts.
Added subscriber: @Pinnhead
#98667 was marked as duplicate of this issue
Added subscriber: @StephenSwaney
Blender uses True Type and Postscript Type 1 fonts (if memory serves)
You can set the default font path in User Preferences
In User preferences i have set to Windows/Fonts folder.
Blender see only default fonts.
All font blender dont see is ttf format.
Got an example for us of a font file that doesn't work?
Please attach it.
1 - Folder - Windows/Fonts in Directory Opus on Windows 10
2 - Windows/Folders in Blender (after Shift+a - text)
Added subscriber: @jenkm
Check the font-type (file extension) which Blender does not see.
Try turning off the file-type filter (at the top right).
Try uploading a file from another directory, not Windows/Fonts.
It may also be that the fonts you see in Windows Explorer (Fonts folder) are actually in a different folder! Check it.
When i select a different font directory (no windows/fonts) Blender see all the fonts, both TTF and OTF format. And loads them without a problem.
When i right click on a font (which the blender can not see in the windows/Fonts directory) and click install (or install for all users) font appears in windows/fonts directory but blender do not see him. But in different directory he sees without a problem.
All installed fonts are in Windows/Fonts directory.
Personally, if the blender sees all the fonts in a different directory, this is not a problem for me.
I think when you install the font, it is not real copied to the Windows/Fonts directory, it is only "linked".
Other programs see those fonts without problem.
Added subscriber: @ZedDB
Can you run the following command in
cmd:dir /AL /S C:\Windows\Fonts\Does it list the fonts that you have installed? It should list files that are linked and not actually in that directory.
After run this command:
Volume in drive C is System
Volume Serial Number is CCB6-9196
File Not Found
Do they show up (the missing fonts) if you simply do
dir C:\Windows\Fonts\?Yes they show up (default fonts). But without those missing by blender fonts. So You are right fonts are linked and not actually in that directory.
Added subscriber: @brecht
@brecht I'm guessing this is not something we plan to support for the 2.8 release?
Added subscriber: @mont29
Changed status from 'Open' to: 'Archived'
Indeed we do not.
Added subscriber: @FeralMan
What the progress of solving this bag? I have the same problem with the newly installed font. We need to resurrect this topic.
Blender never shines on the FONT side. The interface is waiting for improvement. Why we just can't select the font in drop filter like in other software? And have variations for BOLD, Italian version just through icons(or drop menu)?!!!
We do not have any developers to allocate to this in the foreseeable future.
Note that this doesn't mean that we will not accept patches that improves font handling ;)
Added subscriber: @Barina
When I install a new font on Windows 10 (build 19033.1) it usually goes to:
So its not Blender, it is Windows we need to blame..
Added subscriber: @rjg
For references, this is explained in this answer on Blender's StackExchange .
Added subscriber: @Ivilliana
Literally just create a folder on your desktop, plop a copy of (or the original) .ttf/.otf file into it, and then navigate to that via the blender font selector. Worked 100% for me, should work easily for the rest of you.
Added subscriber: @amannin
I can confirm that this does indeed work, though I cannot fathom why there is an issue in the first place.
Added subscriber: @malware656
The installed fonts which are not shown in C:/windows/fonts are located at C:/Users/UserName/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/Fonts You can browse through and select the fonts..
Added subscriber: @SelmaW
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I also had this problem and this indication was so good. Quick and sure. It really works !!
Thanks Ivy !!
Added subscriber: @jpignolet
Greetings all!
I just came across this thread while looking to solve the same problem, and lo and behold I may have a solution!! (I am very proud of myself - I never get to actually solve a problem! :-)
Anyway, in my instance I noticed that the fonts I was looking for were installed in users/appdata/microsoft/windows/fonts. The fonts also appeared to be in my c:\windows\fonts folder, but inspecting the properties of the fonts showed that this was just a link to the ...\appdata... location.
Other apps could see them no problem, but not Blender.
Right clicking on the font and selecting INSTALL FOR ALL USERS seems to have made Windows move them to the c:\windows\fonts location, and now Blender can see the fonts!
I hope this helps...
@jpignolet This explanation was already linked by me in a previous comment. It's part of this answer on Blender's Stack Exchange.
Added subscriber: @AaronSmithey
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Added subscriber: @Harley
@Gaskoin - that is not relevant to the topic. Please don’t spam development conversations with links to commercial products.
Added subscribers: @zhuxiao2121, @OmarEmaraDev
Added subscriber: @Basarchitects
any news about this 😁 ?
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it is quite frustrating problem :-(
Well it isn't really that frustrating of a problem. The actual issue in this ticket is that you have two places that contain fonts. The OS shows the two folders combined into one, while Blender shows you only what is actually in the folder.
A quick and easy solution is just to bookmark, in the Blender File Browser, you
C:\Users\(username)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Fontsfolder. Those are all the "missing" ones.Otherwise I have a patch that combines the folders automatically here: D13293: Fix #61398: Show User Fonts with System (Win32)