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_Toni_McClory_
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May 27, 2008
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Need to locate "Myriad Roman" ASAP!

  • May 27, 2008
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I need to make small revisions to a book for a second printing. The original files are in FrameMaker. When I load them I get the message that Myriad Roman is a missing font. The system does have Myriad MM installed. I'm looking for the fastest fix. Ideally, I'd just like to install "Myriad Roman" on the system. If this font can't be found/purchased, then what is the best substitution? Again, I do have the Myriad MM on the system. Thanks!

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woodengate
Participant
December 5, 2017

On a mac, go to the Adobe Illustrator CS3 (possibly other CS3 or earlier apps) and right click (or ctrl click/contextual click) on the application and select "Show Package Contents". Then, navigate to Required/Fonts and you should find a series of MyriadRom fonts. Make sure you don't move them out of this folder, but "Copy" then into another location. You can use copy and paste from the clipboard, or on a mac, hold down the option key after you start dragging the files to another location. From there you can install the fonts in the normal ways. Save a copy somewhere for future use.

Jeremy Ryan
Jeremy Ryan
Participating Frequently
July 1, 2009

Hey Toni... ( & anyone else who is pulling their hair out and screaming "Where the hell is the Myriad-Roman font!!!" )

I ran into this same dilemma... Here's the solution:

Myriad-Roman is the default font used by Illustrator CS.  (In Windows) It can be found in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Fonts\Reqrd\Base... The file is called "wmr_____.pfm".  Click on it and you will see that it is in fact the "Myriad-Roman" font.   Two files are required to use a Type 1 font under Windows. The PFB file contains the actual font outline data. The PFM file contains metric data including kerning.

Hope this helps.  Keep rockin' it!

Jeremy

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Anonymous
April 6, 2010

Hey Jeremy, you ROCK!

I was really frustrated after a windows reinstallation and din't have any idea from where to get back this particular font, as i didnt' know where it originally came from.

Thanks, man!

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    _Dominic_Hurley_
    Participating Frequently
    June 2, 2008
    >It may have been an oversight in discontinuing a special font package that happened to contain it.

    I believe that it was in the Adobe Originals Sampler 1 (and may have been in Type on Call).
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    Thomas Phinney
    Inspiring
    May 31, 2008
    Myriad Roman in Type 1 is not currently available for licensing. It may have been an oversight in discontinuing a special font package that happened to contain it, or perhaps it was only ever used for bundling with applications.

    Myriad Pro Regular is the closest thing available. it is exceedingly close, but there may have been some minor outline tweaks, and it certainly has more/better/different kerning.

    Sorry I can't be of more help.

    Regards,

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      _Dominic_Hurley_
      Participating Frequently
      May 29, 2008
      Contact Adobe because they may still sell it. Alternatively, go through your old Adobe CDs - one of them is bound to have Myriad Roman on it.
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      nikkig49937641
      Participant
      August 25, 2023

      Find it here! Worked like a charm. https://fontsgeek.com/fonts/Myriad-Roman-Regular

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      Bobby HendersonCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      August 25, 2023

      Anyone currently subscribing to Adobe Creative Cloud, be it a single app plan or the full all apps plan, can legally acquire Myriad via one or more places. Some applications, such as Adobe Illustrator, have variants of Myriad built into the application. The Adobe Fonts service offers pretty much the entire Myriad Pro type family to sync. That's 40 static OpenType fonts. There are Arabic, Bengali, Devangari and Hebrew versions of Myriad available to sync. The old "stressed" Myriad Wild typeface can also be activated. Finally the variable version of Myriad (Myriad VF) is also available. For a long time Illustrator has included the "variable concept" version of Myriad to only use in Illustrator. Myriad VF can be activated where any application installed on the computer can use it (provided if that application supports variable fonts). 

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      _Toni_McClory_Author
      Participant
      May 28, 2008
      Thanks! I'm resigned to doing a font substitution. I guess Myriad Roman has vanished into cyberspace....
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      _Dominic_Hurley_
      Participating Frequently
      May 28, 2008
      Myriad Roman was a Type 1 font. Adobe's Type 1 fonts have been discontinued but might still be available for purchase (there used to be a link for the T1 fonts, but I can't see it now). If Thomas or Dov is wandering by, they should be able to point you in the right direction. Alternatively, you could substitute the regular master of MyriadMM - it should be very close to Myriad Roman in metrics and outlines.
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      _Aandi_Inston_
      Participating Frequently
      May 28, 2008
      A font with a different name will not do.

      Adobe sell 62 Myriad typefaces on http://www.adobe.com/type/ -
      unfortunately it isn't clear which one, if any, contains Myriad Roman.
      They all seem to be Myriad Pro something. It may be discontinued like
      MyriadMM.

      Aandi Inston
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