Select the image or outlined text, and then select Window > Retype. The Retype panel appears.
You can also access Retype from the Type menu, the right-click menu, and the Quick Actions section of the Properties panel.
Use Retype to identify the fonts of Roman (English, French, German) and Japanese scripts used in raster images and outlined text.
Select the image or outlined text, and then select Window > Retype. The Retype panel appears.
You can also access Retype from the Type menu, the right-click menu, and the Quick Actions section of the Properties panel.
Select Match Font in the panel. A dotted line appears around all the words that Retype auto-detects. The word largest in scale is highlighted, surrounded by a marquee, and its matching fonts appear in the panel.
By default, the panel shows 10 matching fonts, ordered by their closeness to the word's appearance. To get five more matching fonts, scroll to the end of the fonts and select Find more font matches.
Select Roman or Japanese in the Choose Script And Match Font menu to specify the script, if needed.
Deselect From Adobe Fonts or From your device from Apply Filter to exclude font suggestions from one of those sources.
Select any other word in the image or outlined text for which you want to get matching fonts. If Retype didn't auto-detect the word, drag the marquee over it to get matching fonts.
If needed, type in a sample text in the Type your text to preview on card field for a better preview of the suggested fonts.
To add a matching font from Adobe Fonts to Illustrator, hover over it, and select Click to add . The fonts you add will be available across all Creative Cloud apps.
Press Exit to switch out of Retype. Select Reset Retype panel to remove the matching fonts from the panel.
If you're not using a Japanese version of Illustrator, select these options for Retype to work on Japanese text:
Navigate to Edit > Preferences > Type (Windows) or Illustrator > Settings > Type (macOS).
Select Show East Asian Options and Enable Japanese Font Preview in 'Find More'.
At the bottom of the Retype panel:
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