How to Use the Discontinued Electra Font in InDesign

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September 27, 2024
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I have a poetry group dead set on using the Electra font for their book I'm creating in
inDesign. Is has been discontinued by Adobe since January 2023 as it is a type 1 font. If they were to purchase it for me, would i still be able to use it? Wouldnt it still be a type 1 font which Adobe says can no longer be used in inDesign? I dont know what to tell them. Does anyone know?

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Brad @ Roaring Mouse

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As mentioned by others, Electra has been upgraded to OpenType by the original foundry. It was available as such on the Adobe Font Folios that were available since 2003, but those are no longer available, unless you know someone that has one. Otherwise, as mentioned, your only option is to purchase it from Monotype or through authorized vendors like MyFonts. Yes, there is a cost to it, but it should be worth it even for one project. The letterforms in the OpenType version are identical to the original Type 1 version, so if it's important to match legacy files, this is the way to go. That being said, I believe they have only released a "Std" (Standard version), so it does not have the extended character set/multilanguage support of a "Pro" version like many fonts today, but you will get some more added glyphs (like true small caps) but that's it.

I do have the OT version if you want a comparison of its character set.

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Thanks to this thread, I replaced the old Adobe version of Electra from another source. But something is missing: the one I got from Adobe had these cool symbols or glyphs that came with it. I have them scattered through a manuscript. But since the glyphs--colophons?--don't come with the font I bought, the glyphs have all been converted into the capital letter "C." Can those beautiful glyphs be bought too?