In InDesign CC 2019 and Illustrator CC 2019, you can now preview type you have selected in a layout in any font by hovering your mouse over the font name in a list of fonts.
This feature works in the Control panel, Character panel, and Properties panel menus of both applications. For example, in Figure 2, the heading is selected on the page, and in the font family menu, Aachen Bold is being previewed.
Previewing and Activating New Adobe Fonts You can also preview the currently selected text directly in the font family menu by setting the sample text options pop-up menu to Selected Text.įigure 2: In InDesign and Illustrator CC 2019, new filters and options for previewing fonts have been added to the Font Family menus. In the current versions of InDesign and Illustrator, there is an enhanced display of choices when browsing fonts in the Control, Character, and Properties panels font family menus.