Hypatia Sans Pro Font - Version 2.016

Right, I originally downloaded the limited Hypatia with CS3. I was corroborating what the original poster had said about the font versions.

When you register multiple products you're provided with multiple registration incentives (depending on the products you've registered). I was hopeful after reading this: http://blogs.adobe.com/typblography/2007/04/hypatia_sans.html ; that Adobe might be including the full version of Hypatia with the new releases since I've had that particular incentive come up in the registration benefits several times since CS3. I had been getting the same incentives after CS3 until recently. Unfortunately the free typeface (if you get a link) still appears to be the limited edition.

I spent time on the chat today with support because I received a couple of links stating that if I registered for my incentive I could download something else only to get thrown out to a Thank You page after completing the form again. At the bottom of the form the support representative sent there was a link that said "Skip this step and collect your benefit" which I had not previously seen. I threw out my email with the Hypatia Sans link the day before I read the article about the Italic versions of the Hypatia font.

About the release dates:

I was under the impression that the "Master Suite" was the latest versions of the programs, not some prepackaged set. When the Creative Suites first came out, I knew of people who had received different versions of particular apps (eg. Acrobat 6 vs Acrobat 7) based on their purchase date. (I think one of them had purchased their version directly from Adobe, and the other from a third party... something Mall.) I remember receiving a second upgrade CD for the new version of Acrobat at work because we had purchased CS1 after the release of the next version of Acrobat.

I was looking forward to Acrobat X which is why I held out on buying CS5 only to find out it wasn't included. It seems that we were spoiled in the past with customer service. Hopefully they'll not do what they did a few years ago and offer a half version to people who wait a little longer. That was sort of a bummer when I bought CS3 then a few months later 3.3 came out with all of the extra programs and the upgrade to the next Acrobat. I still feel a little ripped off because I received Acrobat 9 with CS4 and now CS5 so have two versions of the same app for one machine.

My confirmation offer offered the Lynda.com 30-day trial as one choice, the

new Adobe Text font as another, and a couple of other choices. The Hypatia

Sans font was NOT among the offers

I chose the Adobe Text font. It looks somewhat like a cross between Adobe

Garamond and Sabon. I haven't used Adobe Text yet, but will likely start

using it in correspondence. I think Robert Slimbach is likely the top living

designer of text fonts.

I chose Hypatia Sans as my registration premium three years ago when I

bought CS3, but I'll confess that I've never used that font because most of

my work is text--I am a lawyer, not a designer. As a result, I rarely use

sans serif fonts.

If you chose the Lynda.com offer, how did you get the Hypatia font as well?

If you got both, you REALLY have nothing to complain about. Maybe Adobe will

give you the current version of Hypatia if it goofed on your offer. Whether

or not Adobe gives you the current version of Hypatia Sans probably will

make no practical difference to you anyway. If you look at the release notes

for the various versions of Hypatia, you'll see that the changes are few and

very minor.And the more important question is whether you find the

improvements in Photoshop, etc., worth the money. As someone whose masking

skills were only mediocre, the new masking tools and content aware fill

features in Photoshop wil save me enormous amounts of time when I do

projects that require touching up photos.

John.