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[Bug] Figma automatically replaces (missing) font in components when I click on them.

  • August 7, 2026
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AStk

Got a design file handovered, I don't have one font the previous designer used in styles to create these components - but I didn't know that. 

Now when I clicked on an item with that *missing font* style applied to, it just automatically switches it to Open Sans equivalent. Not asking me first.

Expected behavior: when I click a text with a missing font style, the font style does not modify without me confirming I want that. 

Actual: my styles and components are messed up, and I didn't even observe this issue at first. now when time is sweet and i needed some urgent exports for a client - BIG ISSUE!

See attached recording for bug reporting.

-Environment: figma app on macbook.

 

If there s a quick fix to this that I did not discover, let me know.

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adamsmasher
Figmate
  • adamsmasher
  • Figmate
  • August 9, 2026

Hi, ​@AStk. Thanks for your post - I can appreciate how this is creating some extra with finding any affected layers under a time crunch. Hopefully it wasn’t too many!

 

I did some searching on our end, and while this is expected behavior so the layer will render, it should normally only be limited to hidden or otherwise non-rendered text layers. Your screen recording shows this happening with visible layers, though, so that might have changed. Did you see any missing font warnings with these layers before clicking them? I didn’t see any in your video, and I would have expected you to see a missing font alert so you can replace the font before seeing it replaced.

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