What method to identify a font type used ?

I have a copy of the CS2 windows install DVDs at work, I'm going to check those. I also have Mac installers all the way back to Photoshop 3, not sure if I have any of the type disks left. Just to see what Adobe bundled.

Hi,

I still wonder...so how do I find out exactly which font I need to find, the Helvetica Neueu are the only Helvetica fonts in the old PC fonts folder.

I need to search all my archives for whatever it wants, so I need to find the coding for that font, (the abbreviated name in other words, such as HLH____.PFM  

Davescm.... Type 1 fonts are no longer supported in Photoshop (or other Adobe products)
Hi Dave, I am running Photoshop CS6 so how would it know it was not supposed to suport Type 1 ?

It accepted the CloisterBlack after I installed it by r/click install to all on the pfm file.

It also shows Goudy and others installed that way in the fonts list.

CS6 does support Type 1 we can say.

However just which Helvetica font files were in use by me the last 20 years ?

How do I find out ?

Lumigraphics

Helvetica and Helvetica Neue are Apple system fonts. If you had Type 1 fonts on Windows, you would need to replace them with OpenType versions.

The font files from the Windows fonts folder are these Helvetica Neue .

Yes, Type 1 fonts will continue to work in previous versions of Creative Cloud apps (including any dot releases or security updates) apart from Photoshop v23 and beyond, which ended support in 2021. Any release from January 2023 and beyond will not support Type 1 fonts.

OK for my Photoshop CS6 then.

Operating systems are also currently moving towards ending support for Type 1 fonts. Previous versions of Creative Cloud apps will not be able to support Type 1 fonts once support is ended for the operating system.

I am not creative cloud so free of such changes, am I right ?

Many fonts published by Adobe Type in the past (such as Adobe Originals) are available from the Adobe Fonts service for free with your Creative Cloud subscription.

Problem 1. I dont do Creative Cloud so that avenue is barred.

You can also update your Adobe-owned desktop fonts to the OpenType format for free by reaching out to our partner Type Network with proof of your original license.

Problem 2. I have no proof of licence, havent a clue where al these Type 1 fonts came from, perhaps some were bundled with software ?

Problem 3. Perpetual licenses for OpenType format fonts published by Adobe are also available for purchase from Type Network.

No way am I purchasing fonts though...skint.

Problem 4. Converting Type 1 fonts to the OpenType format is possible but will produce a sub-optimal result.

So all this talk of changing the fonts is of no use then. I need to open a document and have it auto replace the Type 1 with its new incarnation, but Problems 1,2,3,4 wreck that chance.

Problem 5.  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.

So if I do know who the font foundy is, they may disallow conversion anyway.

I had 175 'donks' occur when copying .pfb and .pfm fron win7 fonts folder to win10, no way can I go through all this on that many.

For new documents I will have to use 'arial' crummy as it may be for pedigree function. I will have to install OpenType Helvetica family from somewhere and use that in future. As for all the existing work made with Helvetica just what can I do for that ? replace all the text with Helvetica OpenType, or did I read that all fonts are being replaced by an all new system again ?

InDesign has a Find and Replace feature that allows you to locate and replace any missing fonts in your document.

but what of problem 4 ?

Additionally, the current in-app alerts for Type 1 fonts in InDesign automatically redirects users to the Find/Replace dialogue, showing which Type 1 fonts are in the document and allowing them to select a replacement of their choice.

still problem 4 exists.

So I have to buy InDesign (got no funds for such, no doubt its cloud subs), then open my .psd file into it, it tells me what fonts need replacing, it then replaces them, so its now doing a Photoshop skills and tools set on a .psd normally dealt with in Pshop, then it saves it as Pshop CS6., will it save as CS6, doubt it.

....but is what its done as good as existed before ?

All in all there are too many issues here, I will continue with Type 1 or if I can replace them with AS GOOD AS, then use those instead.

Just what fonts should one acquire to be as gppd as Type 1 for scaling and full font behaviour ?

Problem 4 is worrying that what replaces Type 1 is inferior. Purchasing fonts to replace a few hundred Type 1 is not an option here. some folk have many hundreds.

Why CS6 exclaims Helvetica Bold missing when win7 made the file, yet is happy with the install of Type 1 CloisterBlack, and another prog now sees NuptialScript after its install, all this talk of support removed is for latest progs it seems, I NEED TO SOLVE HELVETICA BOLD issue.

perhaps I redo all the docs I open with the new alternative to Helvetica-Bold.

What is that alternative ?

Merlin.