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Ramón G Castañeda
Ramón G Castañeda
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Sep 14, 2008 4:06 AM UTC
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Reminder: Adobe type store is still a mess

Just a friendly reminder. Nothing has happened there since this last post in December, 2007: <br /> <br /> <blockquote> <a href="/webx?14@@.3c0574d0/1">Ramón G Castañeda, "Hypatia Italic Fonts Query" #2, 1 Dec 2007 12:54 am</a> <br /> <br /> the Adobe type store site is an ungodly mess when displaying foreign characters. <br /> <br />Here's what happens when I type áéíóú äöü Maß Fluß Ññ Á <br /> <br />c <a href="http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=104A0CT80hdyDND53Tokr1ClefLC" /></a> <img alt="Picture hosted by Pixentral" src="http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/104A0CT80hdyDND53Tokr1ClefLC_thumb.jpg" border="0" /></blockquote>
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    MiguelSousa
    MiguelSousa
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    Nov 9, 2009 10:54 PM UTC

    I'm pleased to report that this issue has been fixed.

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    Tai_Lao
    Tai_Lao
    Inspiring
    Nov 11, 2009 7:22 AM UTC

    Thank you, Miguel.

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    Tai_Lao
    Tai_Lao
    Inspiring
    Sep 17, 2009 4:06 AM UTC

    One year later, and the mess at the Adobe Type Store remains an embarrassing mess, as described in the original post.  

    EDIT:  Actually, this has been discussed since at least December of 2007.

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    MiguelSousa
    MiguelSousa
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    Sep 17, 2009 8:02 AM UTC

    Yes, definitely embarrassing. I've logged a new bug, in case the old one got lost, and I'll be following it up.

    I'll post more news as soon as I have them, hopefully less than a year from now.

    Thanks.

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    Ramón G Castañeda
    Ramón G CastañedaAuthor
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    Sep 18, 2008 10:27 PM UTC
    John Nack's blog says relief is coming re Flash. :)
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    Ramón G Castañeda
    Ramón G CastañedaAuthor
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    Sep 17, 2008 11:48 PM UTC
    >Flash effectively turns all images with an embedded color profile into untagged files

    Here's a thread discussing this, which includes a link to a much longer thread on the Adobe Photoshop Macintosh forum:

    Ann Shelbourne, "Beware of using Adobe Web Galleries" #7, 11 Sep 2008 12:14 pm
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    Ramón G Castañeda
    Ramón G CastañedaAuthor
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    Sep 17, 2008 11:24 PM UTC
    Then Adobe might consider acquiring my fonts.com for the preview technology, the way they acquired Macromedia just for Flash. :D


    (Did you know that Flash effectively turns all images with an embedded color profile into untagged files? :( )
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    Thomas Phinney
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    Sep 17, 2008 9:26 AM UTC
    This isn't really a bureaucracy problem. The person who did the online preview software isn't at Adobe any more, and nobody else has had to do more than very minor maintenance on it since....

    Cheers,

    T
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    Ramón G Castañeda
    Ramón G CastañedaAuthor
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    Sep 16, 2008 6:08 PM UTC
    It's sad to see how unresponsive the Adobe bureaucracy has become on so many levels. I can only imagine how frustrated Adobe staff is. You have my full sympathy, T.
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    Neil_Keller
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    Sep 16, 2008 10:41 AM UTC
    Well, no information is better than wrong information. But perhaps adding a note to the effect that the selected font does (or may) include additional characters.

    Neil
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    Thomas Phinney
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    Sep 16, 2008 9:27 AM UTC
    This may not get fixed any time soon, but perhaps we can at least get it to reject non-ASCII characters instead of scrambling them.

    T
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    Ramón G Castañeda
    Ramón G CastañedaAuthor
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    Sep 15, 2008 1:22 AM UTC
    Thank you both, Neil and Thomas.
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