Variable Font Custom Weights Not Available
InDesign 19.1. I recently installed a new variable font from Monotype (https://www.myfonts.com/collections/unitext-variable-font-monotype-imaging). When using the slider to adjust the weight variable, the font breaks and defaults to the regular weight.
The same font works fine on Illustrator. Other variable fonts on InDesign (e.g. Acumin Variable) also work fine, so the issue seems to be tied to this specific font and InDesign only.
James Hargreaves
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Lukas Völp commented
Have exactly the same issue! It only happens with specific fonts that have multiple axis (more than two). Namely "Fraunces" and "Roboto" so far. The bug happens both in InDesign and Illustrator. In Illustrator font would work normally, but after saving and closing a document, the font settings would be lost and treated as if the font was not installed. In InDesign, fonts will stop working as soon as you touch one of the handles to change an axis.
This way, it makes it almost impossible to work with these fonts. The same fonts work out totally fine in other software such as Figma... -
Aris
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There are similar problems with Monotype's Futura Now Variable and Helvetica Now Variable. These fonts work just fine in InDesign 18.5 but in InDesign 19.x they break as soon as one tries to adjust them via the sliders. The problems have been reported here https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601180-adobe-indesign-bugs/suggestions/47344655-problem-with-variable-font-weights
But neither Adobe nor Monotype seem to care. No response so far from Adobe and Monotype responded to me something along the lines of "it is not our problem - we can't do anything" .
