Missing Fonts Issue

I had the same issue after the Figma update.

What I tried (but didn't work):

• Updated to macOS 26.5

• Deleted and reinstalled Figma

• Reinstalled fonts

• Restarted Mac

What worked:

• Figma desktop app menu bar: Help > Troubleshooting > Reset Figma and Restart

Hope this helps.

Thanks ​@sonianines, unfortunately I just tried resetting and restarting the Figma desktop app, but that didn’t work for me.

​@Gayani_S any updates on a fix for this?

Many Thanks @sonianines but it didn’t work for me too.
I believe I started experiencing this issue after the latest Figma update, so I'm eagerly looking forward to a new update.

I’m experiencing this issue as well… All the font links are broken, text fields uneditable.

I spent the whole day working off the Web browser app instead which was quite slow and clunky at times. There is definitely a problem with the latest Figma update. Is there a way to roll back perhaps?

I’m experiencing exactly the same issue and it’s becoming a serious blocker.

Everything was working perfectly. Yesterday, suddenly, I can no longer edit text layers. Whenever I try to edit text, Figma reports missing fonts and asks me to relink them. After relinking, nothing changes and the same dialog appears again in an endless loop.

 The fonts are installed correctly and work without any problems in other applications, so this appears to be a Figma-specific issue.

I’ve already tried:

• Restarting Figma
• Reinstalling Figma
• Verifying the fonts are installed and working in other apps

Nothing has resolved the problem.

This is extremely disruptive because it affects existing production files and makes it impossible to work normally. I’ve already lost several hours trying to troubleshoot something that was working perfectly less than 24 hours ago.

If anyone from the Figma team is monitoring this thread, please investigate this issue. It seems like multiple users are experiencing the same behavior, which suggests it may be related to a recent update rather than individual font installations.

Any workaround or update would be greatly appreciate

Okay so something else I’ve spotted today: the issue seems to happen differently depending on what the font is.

So to explain what I mean by this, for the client project I was working on last week that used Avenir as the brand font, this still doesn’t work on either the browser or desktop version of Figma. On both, if I try to edit any text layers using that font, it gives me the looping relinking dialogue where I relink the fonts but it doesn’t take effect.

But this week, I’m working on another project for a different client, where this time the brand font is Fig Tree. This isn’t a Mac system default font like Avenir; it’s a free font from Google fonts, but in this instance, I still get the looping relink issue in the desktop app, but I can edit the text layers fine in the browser version.

This suggests the issue could be something to do with the way Figma recognises and/or links fonts via the internet. Perhaps because Avenir is a fully locally installed font for me, the issue in Figma is that some kind of internet-linked connection to recognise the font isn’t there, but with Fig Tree, because it’s available online via Google Fonts, perhaps Figma can recognise it via the browser version (which is also online) but not the desktop version??

Either way, it’s something that the Figma developers need to resolve.

​@Gayani_S again, is there any update on when this will be fixed? It’s been days now. Editing text is a fundamental requirement of a design app, so this really isn’t acceptable.

Hi ​@Gayani_S , Do you have any new information about fixing this issue?
It's hard for my clients to understand how editing a few simple texts in their project can take more than five days!!!
 

He @Gayani_S , I’ve had tasks pending for the last four days that haven’t been completed solely because I’m unable to edit these texts. I have no visibility on when this critical issue will be resolved. Please follow up and fix this as soon as possible, as clients are waiting and I don’t think they can be expected to wait any longer.

Hey everyone, thank you for your continued patience! I know this has gone on longer than it should. 

Thanks ​@sonianines for sharing the Help > Troubleshooting > Reset Figma and Restart tip, worth trying if you haven't already!

Our engineering team is actively investigating, and to help them move faster, there are two things I'd like everyone to try and report back on:

1. Check your desktop app version, go to Figma menu bar > Figma > About Figma and drop the version number in a reply here.
2. Try the Figma beta app, download it from Figma downloads and let us know whether switching to the beta resolves the font issue for you.

@jojobanks on rolling back, unfortunately there isn't a way to revert to a previous version of the Figma desktop app directly. The beta app is the best alternative path right now while the team works on a fix, so that's the one I'd point you towards.

​@amirhpanahi I hear you, and I want to be clear that the team is taking this seriously. A bug that blocks text editing across production files is not something we'd treat lightly. The beta app is your best shot at an unblocked workflow while we work towards a proper fix.

To everyone in this thread, I'll update this thread as soon as I hear back! 

Hi ​@Gayani_S
Thank you for following up on this issue. I installed the beta version, and the problem has been resolved.

Best regards,

P.S. After encountering this issue, I assumed that a very large number of Figma users would run into the same problem. However, the number of people who shared their experiences in this thread was far lower than I had expected.
I realized the answer when I had a phone call with one of my colleagues today. Even though we are using the same version of macOS, Figma app and the same Font, she is not experiencing this issue!

macOS: Tahoe 26.5
Figma Desktop App version 126.4.11