Type & Typography

We have an old TrueType version of (Adobe's) Century Old Style. It was purchased in the nineties, and we had it modified to include extra glyphs (for additional languages) and also hinted for screen use. As far as I can tell this would have been allowed as until 2011 the license permitted customers to modify fonts licensed from the Adobe Type Library (https://helpx.adobe.com/fonts/using/adobe-type-resources-faq.html#FontPermissions). Now we want to further modify the font (add more missing glyphs, and convert it to OpenType with new hinting). We want to do this using an external company for this (as we lack the expertise), and this is where we are a bit uncertain about the lisencing as we would need to hand the font files over to a 3rd party (only for them to modify and return, not use). Would they need a separate license for this? And if so, if new licenses don't allow modification, how would we solve this?

Hi,the screenshot on the left shows the font properties of a PDF document which I created last year (not with a Adobe application).On the right the properties of the updated document on a new PC which has the latest versions of Open Sans installed (source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Open+Sans) The appearance of the "older" PDF is much better than the updated one: "TrueType" vs. "Type 1".I am wondering why Google do not have the, hmm, TrueType/OpenType version of this font in its repository (anymore?). Question: it would be better to search for the "older" versions of Open Sans (TrueType) which I used last year instead of using the latest versions (Type 1) – in  view of  https://helpx.adobe.com/at/fonts/kb/postscript-type-1-fonts-end-of-support.html AND to get a better quality of the PDF? Thanks!mycc        

Hi, I have seen this topic come up on the community quite often, though some of the answers, and from the Chat Line, are a little ambiguous. Can a designer (me) with a Creative Cloud subscription, use a font from Adobe Fonts to create a logo for a client - who will likely trademark the logo? I will also tweak the logo slightly to make it a little more unique, therefore the outlined font (not the software) will be a deriveraitive artwork. To be clear, the client does not get the font software, only the EPS/PDF version of the final logo. From what I have read here, this should all be allowed, though looking for some clarification - and a little assurance. 😉 Many thanksKarl

Hello,I have two questions.I'm using a font for a company school project. The webpage creats pdfs dynamically. I would like to use the specific font for the pdfs to maintain consistency in the design. To do that I need the font file to convert it. Is there a way to get a hold on the file from Adobe, can Adobe convert it to the right fileformat or do i need to by the font separatly? If I end my Adobe account do the fonts stop working? Thanx in advanceZion

Hello! I have two fonts that I regulary use, but one of the fonts does not have numbers. So I have font A that is only letters and font B that is letters and numbers. Is there an easy way I can combine these two fonts so that when I type using font A I can get the numbers from font B?Thank you!

Well, it’s come to this! I’m re-printing some old J-Cards in which I used custom values for Myriad Multiple Master. For instance:Myriad MM 400 wt 300 wd andMyriad MM 565 wt 600 wd and the like.Does anybody know where I might find a conversion table or any kind of resource to convert those values to the equivalent in the two axis in Myriad Concept Pro?  If not, I can probably just eyeball it, or print it up using a very, very old Mac with Myriad MM installed. Updating would be the best solution though.Thanks in advance,Tom

I am 76 and and my text is very blurry, I need simple explaination 

Hi All,  I have received a After Affects project to finnish my Edit in post. As i try and open it i get a notification of 12 missing fonts. Where do i get fonts from? There is mutiple payed options on google, but i do have the full premiere packege, is this not provided? Regards

Hi, My company has a self made software that is a template to make reports.  The templates allows the uploading of photographs and entering of test fields.  The output is a PDF.  Unfortunately, the PDF leaves large amounts of white space because of set page breaks.  Otherwise the images can be cut in half or the text fields split.  In preview inside our software the reports looks fine.  A 7 page report can turn into a 14 page PDF because of the white space. Is there a way the have the PDF resize the photographs to eleimnate the white spaces?  See that attached "Keith BART.pdf.  Thanks, Keith 

As a small branding agency we often create brands that use Adobe fonts as primary and seconday brand typefaces. Im intersted to understand how licenecing works for our clients. For example if we create a brand for a medium size organisation like an Architect firm. They have a Adobe CC licence to run photoshop internally and possbile only one seat and dont have any real need for multi licensing seats. If we suggest an Adobe fiont be use in all their documents across multiple usesers and PC's how do they install and licence this. Ongoping will they always have to have a subscription to Adobe CC? 

I have one font which has blurry edges at large sizes, and when zoomed-in on smaller text sizes.  It's a TTF file, just like all my other fonts but it's the only one with this problem.  Any advice please?   

Each member of our team has a unique Creative Cloud account, and this week we were informed that our organization will be retiring these accounts and replacing them with completely new Creative Cloud profiles under our newly created emails.  As it stands, we have been directed to simply screenshot the list of Active Adobe Fonts from either the Desktop App or from Fonts.Adobe.com. My question is this – while I can screenshot the list and manually track down all of the fonts, is there a simpler way to at the very least get a list of font names I could copy an paste into an excel sheet? A way to export these names directly from Adobe would be stellar. Any input is greatly appreciated! Thanks I've uploaded the screenshot of my current list for reference – as you'll see, over 250 font families creates quite the list. 

Hello everyone! I'm collecting datas about some fonts, by entering the commercial full name, its designers, the foundry who made it (using the name it had when it released the font, not the name it had before or after its release , in the case where, as often happens, it had changed), and the release date.For example:Garamond Premier ProAdobe Systems IncorporatedRobert Slimbach2005Now, I have a problem with this font:Berthold Akzidenz-Grotesk BE (I think BE stands for Berthold Exclusive)Günter Gerhard LangeH. Berthold AG????I can not find the date on which the font was released for the first time!The very first time I saw this font was in the Adobe Font Folio 7.0 pack (1995), but looking on the internet I read that Berthold went bankrupt in 1993 and only many years after the rights were taken by Berthold Types Ltd.Here http://www.bertholdtypes.com/font/akzidenz-grotesk/be/, clicking on "Package Info" appear this informations:"The BQ and BE OpenType Basic versions Correspond to the Bert

I thought the font SignPainter would be a good choice to complement this book's subtitle. The irony is that I used SignPainter for the subtitle, not the title. I'd like to use a different font for the subtitle; presumably a sans-serif font. But do I want something robust that really stands out, or something more artistic? Can anyone recommend some fonts that complement SignPainter? The font I chose just doesn't look right to me. Then again, SignPainter might not have been a good choice, either, If you have have any better suggestions, I'd like to hear them. Thanks.

How do I make a heading (e.g. h1) display with the font family Origin Super Condensed in WordPress?To display Georgia, I just wrote "font-family: Georgia;". However, "font-family: Chandler 42" doesn't work. I had to write "font-family: chandler-42-regular"However, none of these work:font-family: Origin Super Condensedfont-family: origin-super-condensedfont-family: origin-super-condensed-regularfont-family: origin-super-condensed-400

This is an enlargement of a but of type used in my client's logo some years ago. They have no idea what it is called, and I'm having no luck matching it. Any ideas on the typeface?

My book cover designs always get a thumbs down, but I decided to give it another try. I'm not sure if this is really a good design, but it looks OK to my eye. The big question mark (for me) is the fonts. I don't have a good eye for choosing the best fonts for conveying ideas or emotions. In this design, I chose the familiar Times New Roman for the title. Can anyone recommend a better font, or suggest a strategy for making the title look more exciting? Or do you think it's OK as it is? Since it's a scientific work, I chose a serif font to make the title look more traditional and authoritative. On the other hand, conspiracy is popularly associated with the weird, mysteries and true crime stories. So I thought of using a font that gives the cover a more mysterious, provocative feeling. If you think the design totally stinks, please let me know, and I'll hire a professional. My designs are usually shot down. 😉

Hi, I have a system font installed with 5 weights which are correctly shown in Microsoft apps like the word but not displayed in Adobe suite apps. The font is called 'Fauna'. The problem is not with the font but with Adobe. Please assist.

I needed a different body text font for a document that had already been created in InDesign. When I changed my paragraph style to Bressay, a font available through Adobe, I noticed that several "s" characters in my document had been changed to "f" as though it was Old English. Even typing an "s" gave me an "f". The doc was previously set in Minion - I'm guessing it was a glyph problem? Any ideas for a fix?

None of my active fonts will load in the CC desktop app. I am able to manage fonts from the web instance of creative cloud but toggling activate/deactivate does not affect the fonts in the desktop apps. InDesign prompts me to activate the font but the progress wheel just spins and does not complete activaton. CC version 5.6.5.58, Mac OS catalina 10.15.7. We have an enterprise account and this is affecting all of our users. Have tried log out/log in, restarting machines, toggled adobe fonts on and off in preferences>services, repairing cc app through uninstall wizard.  logfile AdobeLogs_20220222_090828_323-mac-GS.zxp

How can I transfer my old 3.5"-based font packages to a CD for installation on my current PC? (Windows 7)

Hi,I have created a report with Report Designer using Century Gothic font. The Report Designer tool sits within a vendor application, which then converts the report into PDF.The fonts in the PDF turn out to be MS Sans Serif.What could be the issue here?thank you.  

Effective July 2022, Adobe Edge Fonts will be discontinued. Please switch to Adobe Fonts or other replacement.  

Hi,I have an issue with fonts from Typekit and sync via Creative Cloud. Creative Cloud app on my Mac (OS X 10.10.5 and CC with the latest release 2.3.0.151) won't load synced fonts on Fonts tab, where is only loader. Adobe applications say that Typekit is off. That's weird, because everything worked fine. On the Preferences pane I'm not able to turn off Typekit (radio buttons are disabled). Any ideas to solve this problem? I tried restart my Mac, relaunch Creative Cloud, log out and log in to the Creative Cloud, change DNS to Google Public DNS etc. and nothing works. It's really frustrating.Thank you.Martin

Having an issue where the medium weight of Nudista's font family will not display on the page or in the font list (see screen cap). We have deactivated and reactivated several times, nothing seems to fix it.