Adobe ending support for Postscript fonts beginning January 2023

[Auggie]

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

From the link:

Type 1 fonts, also known as PostScript, PS1, T1, Adobe Type 1, Multiple Master, or MM are a format within the font industry that has been replaced by larger glyph sets.

Type 1 fonts were introduced by Adobe in 1984 for use with its PostScript page description language, and became widely used with the spread of desktop publishing software and printers that could use PostScript. In 1996, Adobe products and type development began to concentrate on the use of more versatile OpenType fonts rather than Type 1.

Most browsers and mobile OSes do not support Type 1 fonts. Similarly to Adobe, most operating systems will move forward with support for the more robust technical possibilities of OpenType format fonts, ending support for the Type 1 format.

[emulatorloo]

1. Looks like Adobe will screw me over for the Type 1 fonts I purchased from them over the years

As I don’t and never will have a “creative cloud” subscription. I guess I’ll have to call them and complain. Lol, I am sure that will work out great for me.

Where can I obtain OpenType versions of Adobe-owned fonts?

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. Perpetual licenses for these and other OpenType format fonts published by Adobe are available for purchase from our partner Fontspring.

[Auggie]

2. If you don't have a CC subscription and are using old Adobe software those fonts might still work

[hunter]

3. Are they telling me the license for the original Type 1 font wasn't perpetual?

Why should I trust them now?



I used to love looking through new fonts and even bought some direct from the artists.

The sheer abundance of fonts now is overwhelming and 90% of them are crap, same as it ever was.