# Fonts from Adobe Creative Cloud are not useable

**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/fonts-from-adobe-creative-cloud-are-not-useable/39582
**Category:** Coding Questions
**Created:** [November 4, 2022, 4:23pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/fonts-from-adobe-creative-cloud-are-not-useable/39582 "2022-11-04T16:23:03Z")
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### Author: ![gguidati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/53a042/32.png) [@gguidati](https://discourse.processing.org/u/gguidati)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2022, 4:23pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/fonts-from-adobe-creative-cloud-are-not-useable/39582/1 "2022-11-04T16:23:04Z")

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Hello,  
I work with Windows 11, and I try to use a font, which I took from the Adobe Creative Cloud. I can use it in Powerpoint, Word, etc. Also, when I use the PFont.list() function the font appears properly. But when I run my sketch after having used the createFont() function, a standard font is used, not the one I selected.

Any idea what is wrong?

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### Author: ![debxyz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@debxyz](https://discourse.processing.org/u/debxyz)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/fonts-from-adobe-creative-cloud-are-not-useable/39582/3 "2022-11-04T17:03:12Z")

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Hello!

In the processing reference:

“A default font will be used unless a font is set with the **textFont()** function and…”

> **[Reference](https://processing.org/reference/text_.html)**
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> Draws text to the screen. Displays the information specified in the first parameter on the screen in the position specified by the additional parameters. A default font will be used unless a font is s…

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### Author: ![Tiemen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/tiemen/32/5477_2.png) [@Tiemen](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Tiemen)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2022, 7:43pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/fonts-from-adobe-creative-cloud-are-not-useable/39582/4 "2022-11-04T19:43:54Z")

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A downside to Adobe Creative Cloud is that they’re protecting their fonts from external use. The moment you log out of your CC, I believe you can’t use the Adobe fonts anymore. The fonts aren’t saved as .otf files on your computer, but as some encrypted file which I believe is unlocked via an algorithm via CC.

Did you try your sketch _while_ logged in to your CC?