FUCK ADOBE!

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  • ayport4

    So this sucks...

    January 2023: Adobe applications will not recognize the presence of Type 1 fonts, even if you have Type 1 fonts installed in your desktop operating system.

    https://helpx.adobe.com/fonts/kb…

    Does anybody have a good conversion tool they would recommend?

    • Someone going to make a boat-load of money converting and or selling modified Type 1 fonts to conform with Adobe's 2023 New World Order initiative.utopian
    • Oh crapGnash
    • how and why are you still even using type 1 fonts?doesnotexist
    • I’ve been doing this a long time. My font library is massive, and many of my archived jobs use t1Gnash
    • Why could they not just grandfather in Type 1?hardhat
    • i have a massive archive as well, and honestly i'm over it. fonts are dumb. it doesn't matter. nothing matters. [sign out]doesnotexist
    • bummer... unfortunately most of the younger designers i work with use google fonts or dafont anyway. just sucks cuz my library of fonts has saved me a few timesjonny_quest_lives
    • might have to buy an open type avant garde nowjonny_quest_lives
    • i was joking with dafont btw... mostly google fonts and adobe typekit fonts are what get passed around work nowadays.jonny_quest_lives
    • clients tend to pucker when you discuss licensing fonts for end usage so commercial free to use out the box it is for nowjonny_quest_lives
    • But those don't work on Mac anyway, right?grafician
    • All fonts work on Macs.monospaced
    • I am currently using around 20 fonts, besides those arranged by company (clients).maquito
    • Most of those I have carried for many years, and have been slightly fine-tuned; mainly kerning.maquito
    • Doesnotexist, woah! Been a minute since I’ve seen your name here. Or maybe it’s been a minute since I paid attention. Anyway. Sup?lvl_13

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