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Nov 22, 2020 4:40 PM UTC
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P: Error with variable fonts in Photoshop

(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 🙂

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Lola5EDF
Participant
Sep 18, 2023 11:07 AM UTC

Hi, after updating Photoshop Beta. I´ve been having problems with all the fonts. The program do not respect the type I choose, has anyone had this problem? Adobe help didn´t help 😞

thank you,

Lola

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Participant
Sep 15, 2023 9:18 AM UTC

I have the same problem with Mulish variable font from Adobe fonts installed in Adobe CC. It works fine in Illustrator. The solution presented here, did not work.


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Participant
Sep 9, 2023 9:57 PM UTC

Recenlty I updated my Photoshop to Photoshop beta, and I've come uppon a problem using the Montserrat font, specificly with Black, Bold and Semi Bold weights. The problem is that some of the characters are appearing as Black, and some are appearing as Thin. This is a huge problem for me since i use Montserrat for most of my projects and I could really use the help here. Example image below. Thanks in advance!

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jane-e
Community Expert
Community Expert
Sep 9, 2023 10:01 PM UTC

@Njegos321783683dka 

 

I've moved your post to Photoshop Beta.

 

 

Did the typeface work correctly in the released version of Photoshop? If so, use that version. The Beta version is for testing and reporting bugs; the released version is for production work. You can have both installed.

 

Jane

 

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CShubert
Community Manager
Community Manager
Sep 8, 2023 3:12 PM UTC

Hi @Eduard32137602lmf8 testing here and we are not seeing this.

 

Try resetting Prefs for the Beta:

/Users/yourname/Library/Preferences/ Photoshop Beta Settings (Mac Ventura)

/Users/yourname/Library/Preferences/Adobe\ Photoshop\ \(Beta\)\ Settings (Mac)
C:\Users\user name\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop (Beta)\Adobe Photoshop (Beta) Settings )Win)

Launch BETA Photoshop While Pressing The Keyboard Shortcut

With Photoshop closed, press and hold Shift+Ctrl+Alt (Win) / Shift+Command+Option (Mac) on your keyboard and then Launch Photoshop the way you normally would.

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/preferences.html#Manually  

 

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Participant
Sep 7, 2023 4:58 PM UTC

When downloading variable fonts from Google Fonts I have the error that normally the extrabold and black sizes do not work. Has anyone had this problem? Have you managed to solve it?

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Jeff Arola
Community Expert
Community Expert
Sep 7, 2023 9:45 PM UTC

Which specific Variable font(s) is causing the issue?

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Participant
Sep 4, 2023 8:34 AM UTC

I am using Raleway from Google Fonts. In the beta, the font is not shown correctly. Some letters are the correct weight, some letters are much thinner. When I change the weight, the same letters are in the correct weight change, while the other stay thin.

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CShubert
Community Manager
Community Manager
Sep 5, 2023 8:30 PM UTC

Hi @Flowmedia it is not uncommon for other software/plugins to not work correctly until the release version of Ps is released.  Please reach out to Google to see if they have any updates or suggestions or use the Ps release version and if there is an issue there, please report it in the Ps forum for Ps release.

 

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Participant
Sep 18, 2023 8:35 AM UTC

Hello, @CShubert I am having this same problem in the Beta version only but after updating the new PS release version which is 25.0.0 this problem is carried over to this release also now I'm stuck Please Reply ASAP.

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