Make 'Recent fonts' section in Character palette work alongside with selecting current font in font list
Recently AI made focus in font list in Character palette jump to the top of the list, in 'Recent fonts' part, thus making impossible to browse fonts in alphabetical order — you have to scroll font list manually to position.
This is stupid.
In 22.1.0 this request has been realized:
https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657-illustrator-feature-requests/suggestions/32044567-option-to-disable-recent-fonts-feature
Now user can set '0' in Preferences to completely eliminate 'Recent' section in font list — and this magically 'fixes' selection of current font in context.
This is stupid.
I personally want to use BOTH 'Recent fonts' AND current font focusing.
I don't care about it won't be selected in Recent: just show me chosen number of recent font options above the line (without selection), make it fixed (or make it go away right after I start scrolling) and select current font in the main list.
Just like CorelDraw does (see image attached).
Don' t do as Microsoft Word does (it does it wrong too).
AdminEgor Chistyakov
(Admin, Adobe Illustrator)
shared this idea
The current workaround for completely eliminating 'Recent' section in font list is to set '0' in Preferences > Type: Number of Recent Fonts.
But since it’s stupid, please add votes to make it work properly.
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Mlanger
commented
Totally agree. Previous version was a great workflow to explore fonts alphabetically.
It's fine, Adobe, that you offer new features, but please don't assume that you can take away features that work efficiently and have been in use for years.
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Mlanger
commented
Please bring back the 'current font' listing feature in the Character menu. This was a great workflow for exploring multiple fonts. New update is very difficult to explore fonts alphabetically.
It's great that Adobe tries to add new features, but please don't take away existing features that people have used for decades.
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Skyler Sun commented
Also, this means when I search for a font it gives me every single weight in a list. Before it would show the family and I could arrow down to see the weights.
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Please give the option to go back to the old setting! I have been really frustrated with this change. I know its small but there was nothing wrong with the old way.
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Anonymous
commented
yeah thats sucks!
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Danuta
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can you please change fonts tool bars old ways? now if I start typing in Futura Bk BT (for example) and what to change or rest of text be Futura Lt BT. when I go to character seating it's back to the top of my fonts list it's not staying in futura section any more. so now I need to go all down again. Please change like use to be. makes extra work!