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November 22, 2020

P: Error with variable fonts in Photoshop

  • November 22, 2020
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(From: https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-bugs/error-with-variable-fonts-in-photoshop/idc-p/14069208#M90499)

 

On my computer with Windows 11 (untested on MacOS and Windows 10) I have this problem with variable fonts in Photoshop Beta (The fonts are downloaded from Google Fonts).

Only occurs with BOLD, EXTRABOLD and BLACK sizes.

 

I hope they fix it soon 🙂

46 replies

c.pfaffenbichler
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 3, 2024

@Olga229025465qis , supposedly the issue is already being looked into anyway, but if you want to give the Photoshop team more material for testing »certain fonts« may not be exact enough. 

Participant
January 3, 2024

hello,

 

I am wondering when the problem regarding the font weights is going to be solved. It's already January, and it seems it's been a few months by now. I can not use certain fonts in bold/extra bold/ black. 

Participant
December 18, 2023

I can't confirm this because I downgraded PS and dare not mess with it at the moment but, going by the latest release notes for 25.3.1, this still hasn't been fixed. It's not acknowledged in known issues either.

Participant
December 12, 2023

I think they prioritize their new AI more than fixing this problem. Hopefully, they will patch it in the next update✌️

Participant
December 11, 2023

@CShubertIt is December 11, over two months later and this is still an issue. When will adobe have this fixed? This seems like such a simple issue to fix and it really is a massive issue when it comes to design. Fonts and typography are everything in marketing and there should be a priority to get an issue like this fixed as soon as possible.

Participant
December 3, 2023

just updated it to 25.2, still facing the same issues with variable fonts

Participant
November 29, 2023

Still an issue for me in 25.2 (W11). The suggested workaround of downgrading to 24.5 works. I wish this bug was more of a priority.

StopTheMadness
Participant
November 29, 2023

Any update on this? Just updated to 25.2 and it fixed the color picker issue but variable width fonts are still broken.

Participant
November 2, 2023

When I try to make the text bold its acting weirdly, few words are bold and others won't, I tried using the same font in Illustrator and its working fine there, so I reinstalled the photoshop but its still the same, help me to resolve this issue.

Jeff Arola
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 2, 2023
Participant
November 1, 2023

I'm also having the same issue with Raleway, using PS 25.1, and have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the font, and installing from both the google font and adobe font source. Has a solution been found yet?