: Font Organisation I am trying to organise my fonts so when I am in Illustrator or PS that the fonts are as one single font. Not one font for bold, one for italic etc. - Like this: Rather

@Murray976

Much of this has to do with how the font is constructed and it is not directly user-editable.

When some designers or foundries create fonts, they create a separate font for each face and don't bother to add a common family name to the actual font files. This causes they "family" to not be seen in applications. It's lazy font construction with no attention to common details from an end user's perspective.

There's not a great deal you can do to alter this other than directly edit the font files themselves in order to add a common family name where it's lacking.

See Here: How to package all faces of a font into one family file (Mac)

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@Vandalay110

It depends on if the font file is created as one file with several variations or the variations are spread over several files. If it's the last alternative you would have to repack the font files into one single file, if you'd want them to show as a group in Ill. or PS. I recommend getting a font manager app and use it to browse fonts. Only install the fonts you want to use. Don't install a lot of fonts... it just leaves long lists and a big mess like you're experiencing now. I recommend AMP Font Viewer, it's a bit old but it works best for me. Fast and free.

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