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Adobe InDesign User Manual

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Major enhancements

Search fonts by any part of the name

Show fonts with families in a sub-menu

Apply font selection by arrow keys to the selected text

Manage your favorite fonts

New Fonts menu widget

The new fonts widget has been added in the Character panel and the Control panel. The widget has four elements.

1. Button control to toggle between the two available search modes

2. Text field to display selected font name or enter the search keyword

3. Clear search icon; appears only when some text is entered in the search field

4. Drop-down arrow button to display the font list – all fonts or search results

Clicking the drop-down arrow button without entering any search string displays a pop-up list of all installed fonts.

Search fonts made easy

You can now easily search for the fonts you are looking for. There are two modes for doing this:

Search Entire Font Name: Looks for a match anywhere in the Font Name. As you type in some text, matched font names are displayed in a
popup.

Search First Word Only: The first match begins with the entered text is suggested and the remaining portion of the font name is populated
automatically.

Using the new search

As you clear the font name and start typing, the search results start appearing in the popup. A Cross icon appears in the widget to help you clear
off the results quickly and start afresh. The search results are displayed as a flat list (without grouping of font and associated family). For example,
Ebrima is a family and has two styles – Regular and Bold. If you search for Ebrima, both Regular and Bold are displayed as separate entries and

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