Variable font in InDesign 2024 is breaking my design!

Forum|Forum|2 years ago
October 18, 2023
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I use the font Lexend as a header font in all my company communiaction. Since the update to Indesign 2024 the font is broken. Only the letter T is affecetd by font weight when it is more than 400, making it impossible to use the Bold version of the font.

This is really not good and I can not produce any designs for my company withe the right profile.

Is there a way around this?

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Aris_VCY

Participating Frequently

The problem with variable fonts had been reported here and is supposedly fixed in versions 19.1.x.

But this is not what I see. I have tested both 19.1.043 (now current ID 19 release) and the pre-release 19.2.0.43 and I still see the same problem with Futura Now Variable font: The sliders in InDesign still DO NOT work properly and the font is unusable!

So I am still using v. 18 because I have used this font in several designs.
Needless to say it would be very useful to have some clarifications from Adobe. What is going on here?

It seems to me that there were multiple issues with variable fonts in InDesign 19.x and only some of these problems have been fixed.

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Anonymous

Independent font developer here: I can confirm this problem for InDesign 2024 and also Photoshop 2024!

Strangely enough, everything is as it should be in Illustrator 2024. Other programs such as Pages or Word also do not have this problem with variable font files.

With all Adobe 2023 programs that support variable fonts, everything worked perfectly. What is the problem Adobe? This needs to get fixed immediatly!

silsa

Participant

Same here as seen in the screenshot. From Thin to Regular the font works correctly but after that it breaks. In Illustrator the variable font works perfectly.

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Army Chris

Participant

Another designer in my agency and I having issues with Helvetica Now which is being served through the Monotype App. We solved the issue by reverting back to 2023.

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Elite Optical

Participating Frequently

If you install static fonts, 2024 will work just fine - reverting to 2023 could bigger problems. Static fonts seems a better choice, to me at least - your circumstances may differ though.

otterstyle

Participating Frequently

If a similar problem with Variable Fonts via my Monotype Fonts subscription. Fonts work fine in InDesign 2023. In 2024 the fonts are missing and when adjusting any parameter of any variable font it breaks.