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PostScript Type 1 font support has come to the end of support in the Photoshop 23.0 release

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November 5, 2021
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As mentioned in this article posted 2019 and this article posted March 2021, PostScript Type 1 font support has come to the end of support in the Photoshop 23.0 (MAX 2021) release. In Photoshop 23.0 we have updated, modernized, and unified our text engine with the Harfbuzz script shaper to support Arabic, Hebrew, Indic, and Southeast Asian text. With the unified text engine update, PostScript Type 1 fonts are no longer supported.

Type 1 fonts (also known as PostScript, PS1, T1, Adobe Type 1, Multiple Master, or MM) are a format within the font industry, replaced by the larger glyph sets and more robust technical possibilities of OpenType format fonts. While the use of Type 1 fonts is still supported by some operating systems, it is not supported in many environments crucial to modern platforms, including web browsers and mobile OSes. The lack of support for Unicode information in Type 1 fonts also limits their ability to support extended language character sets. Adobe products will continue to support OpenType format fonts, including TrueType fonts—a flavor of OpenType. As such, any font files with a .ttf or .otf extension are supported.

Photoshop 23.0 and later will not recognize the presence of Type 1 fonts, even if you have Type 1 fonts installed in your desktop operating system:

Type1 fonts will not appear in the Fonts menu.
There would be no way to use previously installed Type1 fonts.
Existing Type1 fonts will appear as “Missing fonts” in the document.

If the font you need is not already available to you in the Adobe Fonts library, supported Adobe-owned fonts are available from our partner @fontspring. Please contact them directly for more information. Customers who’ve purchased Type 1 fonts not owned by Adobe should contact the font foundry that published the font(s) to learn whether an upgrade path to the OpenType format is available. Please note, converting Type 1 fonts to the OpenType format is possible but may produce a sub-optimal result. Additionally, converting your files may be prohibited by the font foundry’s End User License Agreement. Please consult the license agreement or contact the foundry directly for more information.

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Correct answer rob day

Hi @waynec4900098 , There are a number of utilities out, which will convert Type 1 to OpenType. FontLab’s TransType, makes the conversion and keeps the version number. I tested in InDesign and was able to make the conversion and InDesign automatically found the OpenType version. More here:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/ende-der-unterst%C3%BCtzung-f%C3%BCr-ps-type-1-fonts/td-p/11874314

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ZBalling

Inspiring

Just add support of Type1 in harfbuzz, after all Type1 (CFF) in OTF is there. See https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/issues/1682

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amym88325148

Participant

Hello. How do I determine if my font is an open type format that will still be supported after January 2023? The font I'm looking to determine if this is open type formatted or Type 1 format. In my InDesign doc, it shows it as type 1, but the file extension is .otf. Could someone please clarify how you can tell if your font is open type?

Warren Heaton

Community Expert

It's PostScript Type 1 that's discontinued, not OpenType Type 1.

You're looking in the right place though: the font file extension.

https://fileinfo.com/filetypes/font

I've found this Adobe FAQ to be helpful:

Adobe Type and type technology resources

https://helpx.adobe.com/fonts/using/adobe-type-resources-faq.html

And of course this corresponding article:

PostScript Type 1 fonts end of support

https://helpx.adobe.com/fonts/kb/postscript-type-1-fonts-end-of-support.html

The above article contains this note:

Fonts activated from the Adobe Fonts library may appear in Creative Cloud software with a file type of OpenType Type 1. This should more precisely display as the file type OpenType CFF.

CFF is a compact representation of Type 1 that we will continue to support. We are working with our product teams to clarify this font description and avoid future confusion.

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amym88325148

Participant

Thank you so much! Really appreciate the help!

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Linda222855465cl4

Participant

Photoshop won't recognize a font previously used, from the Adobe Type Library. I've had 5 IT folks working on the problem, and after hours, no success. It is recognized in Adobe InDesign, as usual. This is holding up our Annual Report. Preferences doesn't fix the issue. Now I have a new computer--same thing!

Warren Heaton

Community Expert

When you go to fonts.adobe.com and log into your Adobe ID, do you see the font there?

When you view Active Fonts in Creative Cloud Deektop, do you see the font there?

This sounds like an issue with network security/firewall settings preventing communication with the font service.

Until this gets resolved, you may need to place textless versions of your Photoshop artwork in InDesign (and yes, I realize how limiting and annoying that is).

Have you or any of your IT staff done a support call or chat with Adobe yet?

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Abdul23148099kfxj

Participant

My key brand fonts are no longer working in Photoshop 2022 and I'm at a loss for how to resolve. These are fonts purchased from Hoefler&Co. (Knockout) and Monotype (Trade Gothic). There were duplicate versions in Font Book on my Mac so I deleted all of them, reloaded, and restarted. It still doesn't work. I reset preferences in Photoshop and that hasn't worked. I'd love any ideas to get me back up and running. The link is given (removed) And Other Problem is in link (removed).

Earth Oliver

Legend

you'll need to either find new versions of the typeface or install an older version of Ps.

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alight22913549pq2z

Participant

This is Really Good Thank you so much for sharing this

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joshstrike

Known Participant

We recently updated Photoshop and hit this problem with our collection of PS-1 fonts.

This is the absolute last straw. After you took away 3D to sell it back separately, after you secretly added a kill-switch to Flash so we couldn't even run our in-house apps and had to rewrite 15 years worth of code.

It seems Adobe's business model is completely hollowed out now. What are you good for except collecting rent and taking perfectly good software and breaking it in order to collect more rent? How dare you charge extra for things that we already paid for, or break font collections we've had for 30 years? Your company has no new ideas. You just take the old software apart one piece at a time and jack up the price over and over.

We're going to switch to Affinity. I'm gonna short Adobe stock. What a shame that a company that was such a pioneer has been reduced to these rent-seeking mafia tactics. It's pathetic.

Warren Heaton

Community Expert

Affinity officially recommends phasing out the use of PostScript Type 1 fonts.

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jan22471511vqne

Participant

Can I revert to the earlier version of Photoshop, which supports the years of work I have archived using the Type 1 fonts which Photoshop no longer supports? If so, how do I do that, meaning uninstall Photoshop 23.0.0 and reinstall the previous version that worked with my fonts perfectly well? Is there a tutorial somewhere for that?

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Dave Creamer of IDEAS

Community Expert

>>Can I revert to the earlier version of Photoshop, ... using the Type 1 fonts which Photoshop no longer supports?

Sure--you can run it as long as your computer and OS can run it.

You may want to download the installers in case you ever need to reinstall and they are not available in the CC app:

https://prodesigntools.com/tag/ddl

Be sure to change your CC apps preferences so it doesn't remove old versions when installing new versions.

David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)

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David22037918gyys

Participant

Our company has thousands of licensed type one fonts, the defacto standard in the industry. it's irresponsible of Adobe, the manufactuer of most of these fonts, to no longer support them.

Epic fail

David

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