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Carol F Metzger
Carol F Metzger
Inspiring
Nov 14, 2014 11:46 PM UTC
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Old Type 1 suitcase files in OS 10.10

I seem to remember that I do not need to keep all of the suitcase files in all of the point sizes. Example: ACaslon AltSemiboldItalic 10 (12, 14, 18, 24). Can I delete all but one of them without affecting performance?

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    Dov Isaacs
    Dov IsaacsCorrect answer
    Legend
    Nov 15, 2014 7:08 PM UTC

    What does Adobe Caslon Pro miss in terms of glyphs that you had in the old Type 1 versions of Adobe Caslon? If anything, the glyph complement was expanded from the combination of the base fonts and expert sets. However, the OpenType CFF fonts are Unicode-based and you typically need to use a glyph palette or use the OpenType features of your layout program to get at the alternate glyphs. Perhaps you can advise exactly which glyph(s) you think are missing?

              - Dov

    - Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)
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    freedsc
    freedsc
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    Nov 15, 2014 1:09 AM UTC

    Wow. That was long time ago! You may read a similar answer to another post Will Adobe Fontfolio 9.0 work on MacOSX Yosemite?

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      Carol F Metzger
      Carol F MetzgerAuthor
      Inspiring
      Nov 15, 2014 3:52 AM UTC

      Ha ha. Yes, it was created August 20, 1998. Still works, tho! I see that Dov has explained why I should not keep using these things. But the OTF version does not have the fancy variations that the older font has. And I am devoted to Adobe Caslon. It is (was?) my signature font.

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      Dov Isaacs
      Dov IsaacsCorrect answer
      Legend
      Nov 15, 2014 7:08 PM UTC

      What does Adobe Caslon Pro miss in terms of glyphs that you had in the old Type 1 versions of Adobe Caslon? If anything, the glyph complement was expanded from the combination of the base fonts and expert sets. However, the OpenType CFF fonts are Unicode-based and you typically need to use a glyph palette or use the OpenType features of your layout program to get at the alternate glyphs. Perhaps you can advise exactly which glyph(s) you think are missing?

                - Dov

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      - Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)
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