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March 29, 2023
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Screaming into the void about Type 1 Fonts

  • March 29, 2023
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Just want to say that ending support for Type 1 fonts is an awful decision that benefits no one. Absolutely hostile to users who pay $60 a month for this privelege. Very bad!

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Bevi Chagnon - PubCom.com
Legend
March 29, 2023

The entire computer industry moved to OpenType/Unicode fonts in 2000 — 23 years ago.

You have many options as folks have suggested here.

Also in this related post on the same topic: https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/confused-on-acceptable-fonts-to-use-in-indesign-2022/m-p/13683648/page/2

 

Look at the section on Google Fonts. They should be available to you indefinitely so that you won't have disappearing fonts because of licensing issues between Adobe and the font foundaries. And they have a very generous SIL license that let's you use them for commericial and digital products without any additional licensing fees.

 

 

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Steve Werner
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 29, 2023

Type 1 fonts were outdated 20 years ago. You'll get much more for your money my moving to OpenType fonts.

James Gifford—NitroPress
Legend
March 29, 2023

Have you noticed that your $60/month brings you access to the vast (and fairly-licensed) Adobe Fonts library?

 

Participating Frequently
March 29, 2023

I've used them. I hate the idea of choosing a tyeface for a long-term project and then having that typeface disappear like a movie leaving Netflix — this happened to me with Titling Gothic FB, and it really killed my faith in this system 

Peter Spier
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 29, 2023

You can continue to buy font licenses...

BobLevine
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 29, 2023

They're archaic. If you want to keep using them stick with an older version of InDesign and be ready for a complete cut off by Apple and Microsoft sooner rather than later.

Willi Adelberger
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 29, 2023

The end of T1 was announced in the late 1990s. Everyone had enough time. All OS have ended their support way before so was Adobe very late to end it.