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signow88584364
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September 15, 2023

Can't change the weight of variable fonts after update to 25.0

  • September 15, 2023
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When I try to change the font weight, only a few letters have their weight replaced. First, this happened on Photoshop Beta version, but I updated both of the versions at the same time, and after trying it in the current Photoshop version (v25.0), the same problem happens.

 

 

Even the font preview shows it bugged. (Only the L in "Sample" changing weight)

 

The letters affected change when I try it on the canvas, but it's still the same problem. I didn't test a lot of fonts, but the fonts that have this problem are Raleway and Outfit, both from Google Fonts. From what I've seen from other people's posts, a lot of people using fonts from Google Fonts are having this problem. We really need a way to fix this.

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    Pete.Green
    Community Manager
    Pete.GreenCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    August 14, 2025

    Moved into bugs, and updated status. 

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    Uroš34682631qnwu
    Participating Frequently
    November 4, 2024

    It's been a year [cursing removed]

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    Adobe Employee
    ktaki
    Adobe Employee
    January 26, 2024

    Good news. This issue has finally been fixed in the Photoshop version 25.4 just released. Please update your Photoshop and try it out. Thank you for your patience and support.

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      Joe Buzzeo
      Participant
      January 26, 2024

      Is there still no fix for this? I just started getting this issue and looked it up to see it's been a bug since September. 

      I am having this issue on mac version 25.3.1 with the font Railway.

      jane-e
      Community Expert
      jane-eCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      December 11, 2023

       

      For an FYI, there is a primary thread on the beta forum that also discusses this issue for those of you on beta.

      https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-bugs/can-t-change-the-weight-of-variable-fonts-after-update-to-25-0/idc-p/14291310/

       

      This thread is for the public release version of Photoshop (and should not be merged).

       

       

       

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      TenTin
      Known Participant
      December 11, 2023

      The text engine has been fast in version 25.2.0.196, but this problem (variable font) has not been solved yet! I have a font that is VF (has no static versions), and I want to know if there is a workaround.

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      Kenny98BC
      Participating Frequently
      November 29, 2023

      This bug has been posted about before, but it persists in the newest version of Photoshop. Variable-weight fonts display incorrectly. Specifically, letters appear at inconsistent weights when using a variable-weight font. Some are bold and some are thin. This causes type to look like a ransom note in my projects. As a result, I am unable to use variable-weight fonts in the newest version of Photoshop. I tried to install the static version instead, but when I do, the affected typeface is not available in the menu.

       

      This issue started with version 25 and version 24.7.1. I first noticed the issue with League Spartan, but it affects numerous other variable-weight fonts. Generative AI is fun, but can we please get some help fixing basic functionality?

        J E L
        Community Expert
        J E LCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        November 29, 2023

        Hi @Kenny98BC, I can confirm that this is not fixed in the newest 25.2.0 Release. I've been checking using the Red Hat Display variable font. Unfortunately, this fix wasn't included in the update. Meanwhile, keep upvoting for a fix. Note that your post may be combined into a similar topic thread by a moderator.

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          Kenny98BC
          Participating Frequently
          November 29, 2023

          Has there been any update on this? I installed the newest version to see if it was fixed and the issue is still there. Back to version 24.7 for me. 

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            Thomas337255109z82
            Participant
            November 20, 2023

            Thanks for the topic and thanks for all the responses! I had the exact same problem with Raleway from google fonts, but not Lato.  It turns out that I installed Lato with static fonts and Raleway with a variable font.  I deleted Raleway, downloaded it again, and the downloaded zip file contained static versions of the different Raleways weights. I installed those (ignoring the variable version) and now InDesign is rendering things correctly.

              Rocketstro
              Rocketstro
              Participant
              November 8, 2023

              I had to go back to Photoshop 2021 

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