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Variable fonts not working properly in Indesign 19.0

Forum|Forum|2 years ago
October 18, 2023
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Hi, I had been using Marlide Display Variable font in Indesign with no issues until I updated from Indesign 18.5 to 19.0. Now Marlide Display weights seem to be all jumbled and not consistent. I'm guessing this is a bug in the new Indesign update?

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Kate37797735bz1a

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I am also having issues with Open Sans not displaying correctly in InDesign (lowercase a and e dislays and exports to PDF smaller than the other letters making it look weird and quriky) - how do I fix this - it is urgent!

leo.r

Community Expert

I am also having issues with Open Sans not displaying correctly in InDesign (lowercase a and e dislays and exports to PDF smaller than the other letters making it look weird and quriky) - how do I fix this - it is urgent!

By @Kate37797735bz1a

InDesign 2024 has known issues with variable fonts. Are you having this problem in the latest version, InDesign 19.4? If so, then it still hasn't been fixed. You may need to revert to InDesign 2023 (you can install it in addition to InDesign 2024). That's my understanding of the current status of this issue.

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Kate37797735bz1a

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Yes! I am using 19.4. I'll install the 2023 legacy version and try again. Total pain in the butt!

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dbeattie-rcb

Inspiring

Still a problem in 19.01. Saw a post that it was fixed in a pre-release version, but that was 20 days ago. And the update from 12/13 does not fix the problem. Still getting jumbled weights in a text of thre same wieght varaible font, or charcter spacing incorrect on output with the correct weight displaying!

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Laubender

Community Expert

Hi @dbeattie-rcb ,

still have no access to InDesign version 19.1.0 here in Germany.

As I understand the issue, I could be wrong, there is more than one bug to fix.

Seems that some bugs are still not fixed yet and the engineers are looking further into it (I hope so).

So best provide sample files where you still see issues with InDesign version 19.1.0..

Do that on InDesign User Voice.

Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Expert )

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Laubender

Community Expert

Ok. Every one reading this thread and is affected, vote for fixing the bug with variable fonts in InDesign 2024 version 19.0.0.151 on InDesign UserVoice:

Problem with Variable font weights.
John Nolan, Oct 13 2023
https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601180-adobe-indesign-bugs/suggestions/47344655-problem-with-variable-font-weights

Quoting John: "Some variable fonts works as expected, but for some, the font displays at a lighter weight (perhaps regular?) when the weight is set for anything heavier than about 750. It appears that the heavier weight's metrics are used."

Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Expert )

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Laubender

Community Expert

Hi together,

if you export to PDF, will the text rendered in the right font weight?

I think this is a new bug; seen some reports here in the forum where this happened.

How large is the weight of the font? More than about 700 ?

Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Expert )

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christel_applepie

Participating Frequently

I have the same problems after the update to Indesign 19 as mentioned above. In this case with the Ysabeau Black - Google font. If exported to pdf the font rendered correct but the spacing is not as it should be. This is a big problem and will mean that we cannot use Indesign 19.0 until solved 😞