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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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" .