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Carol F Metzger
Carol F Metzger
Inspiring
November 14, 2014
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Old Type 1 suitcase files in OS 10.10

  • November 14, 2014
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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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    Correct answer Dov Isaacs

    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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    freedsc
    freedsc
    Participant
    November 15, 2014

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

      Carol F Metzger
      Carol F MetzgerAuthor
      Inspiring
      November 15, 2014

      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.

      Dov Isaacs
      Dov IsaacsCorrect answer
      Legend
      November 15, 2014

      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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