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    1. System and subscription requirements
    2. Browser and OS support
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  • Font licensing
    1. Fonts added from Adobe Fonts
    2. Web fonts from Adobe Fonts
    3. Creative Cloud for enterprise customers
    4. Removed fonts
    5. Why aren't these fonts included in my Creative Cloud subscription?
    6. Why am I being asked to purchase a license for fonts in Adobe Fonts?
    7. Adobe Fonts not available to Adobe IDs registered in China
    1. Using Adobe Fonts in Creative Cloud apps
    2. Manage your fonts
    3. Find fonts from images
    4. Resolve missing fonts in desktop applications
    5. Using fonts in InDesign
    6. Fonts and typography
    7. Using web fonts in HTML5 Canvas documents
    8. Using fonts in InCopy
    9. Using web fonts in Muse
    10. Packaging font files
    11. Troubleshooting guide: Adding fonts
    12. Added fonts aren't showing to the font menu
    13. "Unable to add one or more fonts" or "A font with the same name is already installed"
    14. What happens when a font I'm using is updated by the foundry?
    15. Hide fonts in Adobe programs
    1. Add fonts to your website
    2. Troubleshooting guide: Adding fonts to a website
    3. Troubleshoot font issues
    4. Using web fonts in HTML email or newsletters
    5. Using web fonts with Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP)
    6. CSS selectors
    7. Customize web font performance with font-display settings
    8. Embed codes
    9. Dynamic subsetting & web font serving
    10. Font events
    11. Why are my web fonts from use.typekit.net?
    12. Site can't connect to use.typekit.net
    13. Using web fonts with CodePen
    14. Browser and OS support
    15. Domains
    16. Using web fonts when developing locally
    17. Content security policy
    18. Printing web fonts
    1. Language support and subsetting
    2. Using OpenType features
    3. Syntax for OpenType features in CSS
    1. OpenType-SVG color fonts
    2. Ten Mincho: important points on updating from Version 1.000
    1. Adobe Fonts User Guide
      1. System and subscription requirements
      2. Browser and OS support
      3. Add fonts on your computer
      4. Add fonts to your website
      5. Add fonts on CC Mobile
    3. Font licensing
      1. Fonts added from Adobe Fonts
      2. Web fonts from Adobe Fonts
      3. Creative Cloud for enterprise customers
      4. Removed fonts
      5. Why aren't these fonts included in my Creative Cloud subscription?
      6. Why am I being asked to purchase a license for fonts in Adobe Fonts?
      7. Adobe Fonts not available to Adobe IDs registered in China
      1. Using Adobe Fonts in Creative Cloud apps
      2. Manage your fonts
      3. Find fonts from images
      4. Resolve missing fonts in desktop applications
      5. Using fonts in InDesign
      6. Fonts and typography
      7. Using web fonts in HTML5 Canvas documents
      8. Using fonts in InCopy
      9. Using web fonts in Muse
      10. Packaging font files
      11. Troubleshooting guide: Adding fonts
      12. Added fonts aren't showing to the font menu
      13. "Unable to add one or more fonts" or "A font with the same name is already installed"
      14. What happens when a font I'm using is updated by the foundry?
      15. Hide fonts in Adobe programs
      1. Add fonts to your website
      2. Troubleshooting guide: Adding fonts to a website
      3. Troubleshoot font issues
      4. Using web fonts in HTML email or newsletters
      5. Using web fonts with Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP)
      6. CSS selectors
      7. Customize web font performance with font-display settings
      8. Embed codes
      9. Dynamic subsetting & web font serving
      10. Font events
      11. Why are my web fonts from use.typekit.net?
      12. Site can't connect to use.typekit.net
      13. Using web fonts with CodePen
      14. Browser and OS support
      15. Domains
      16. Using web fonts when developing locally
      17. Content security policy
      18. Printing web fonts
      1. Language support and subsetting
      2. Using OpenType features
      3. Syntax for OpenType features in CSS
      1. OpenType-SVG color fonts
      2. Ten Mincho: important points on updating from Version 1.000

    If you are contacted by a foundry asking you to purchase a license for past use of a font that is available in the Adobe Fonts library, it may be due to the following: 

    The font is displayed on your website without properly using the embed code provided by Adobe.

    See:  https://helpx.adobe.com/fonts/using//webfont-licensing.html and https://helpx.adobe.com/fonts/using/font-licensing.html#web-site 

    The font has been embedded in a mobile application, which isn't permitted by the Adobe Fonts service.

    See: https://helpx.adobe.com/fonts/using/font-licensing.html#web-app and https://helpx.adobe.com/fonts/using/font-licensing.html#act-app 

    Although our Terms of Use permit both personal and commercial use generally, not every specific use case is allowed. In some cases, a foundry partner may deem your use of their fonts to be unlicensed and contact you to resolve the issue. If you have been contacted and have questions for Adobe about whether your use is licensed use of the Adobe Fonts service, please email font-misuse@adobe.com.

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