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September 15, 2023

Can't change the weight of variable fonts after update to 25.0

  • September 15, 2023
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When I try to change the font weight, only a few letters have their weight replaced. First, this happened on Photoshop Beta version, but I updated both of the versions at the same time, and after trying it in the current Photoshop version (v25.0), the same problem happens.

 

 

Even the font preview shows it bugged. (Only the L in "Sample" changing weight)

 

The letters affected change when I try it on the canvas, but it's still the same problem. I didn't test a lot of fonts, but the fonts that have this problem are Raleway and Outfit, both from Google Fonts. From what I've seen from other people's posts, a lot of people using fonts from Google Fonts are having this problem. We really need a way to fix this.

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    Norawee30273612zpl9
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    September 17, 2023

    I've tried to use a higher weight for this font, and it seems to not be applying that weight to some of the letters. Yes, I've made sure the font works by testing it in another app, and yes, I'm sure the letter has the right weight assigned. I'm using Red Hat Display which allows variable weights.

     

    Latest version of photoshop (25.0)

    Windows 10

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      J E LCommunity Expert
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      September 17, 2023

      Hi @Norawee30273612zpl9, I tested it multiple ways and can confirm in Photoshop, that particular font adds weight to some letters, but not others, as shown in your capture. Black 900 displays correctly in InDesign. Even a type test on the Google font page shows it correctly. I really don't know why Photoshop is not rendering it properly. Very strange! (Windows 10; Photoshop 25.0.0 Release)

       

        marcelocavalcanti
        marcelocavalcanti
        Participant
        September 15, 2023

        Hi, guys.

        So, i've just update to the latest Photoshop version (27.0).

         

        But i saw an error on displaying my fonts. To be more specific, the Red Hat Display font.

        Photoshop doesn't render the bold and/or the black weights (see print screen). Only some letters gets the new weight.

         

        I've tried everything i could find on the internet. I deleted the font from my computer, install a new version, downgrade Photoshop to 25.0, cleared Photoshop font cache and all of that. Nothing works.

         

        By the way, the print screen is from the 25.0 version (technically, this version were working fine, but not now).

         

        Can someone help me? This thing is making me crazy right now.

        Thanks in advance!

          marcelocavalcanti
          marcelocavalcanti
          Participant
          September 18, 2023

          Just to clarify: i messed up the versions numbers: The current PS version is 25. I downgraded to the previous 24.7.1.

           

          And yes, i'm still having the issue with the typeface.

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