Problem with Variable fonts - some glyphs are displayed with a lighter weight on changing axes.
Some variable fonts works as expected, but for some, the font displays at a lighter weight (perhaps regular?) when the weight is set for anything heavier than about 750. It appears that the heavier weight's metrics are used.
In my my limited test, the weight prints properly.
I'm on a 27-inch, iMac 2020, Mac OS 13.5.1, InD 19.
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John Nolan
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AdminRavi Kiran
(Senior Lead Quality Engineer, Adobe InDesign)
responded
Hi everyone,
This issue is fixed in the latest InDesign Prerelease Build - InDesign 2024 (19.1.0.037).
How to join InDesign Prerelease program:
Go to https://www.adobeprerelease.com/
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Please check if the issue stands resolved for you with this build and share your feedback.
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Adobe InDesign team
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Cynthia Lafrance commented
The same issu on Win 11, with Indesign and Photoshop for several font. Please, fix this
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SKOD
commented
Helvetica Now Variable is not working properly ...
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Kristian H Berge commented
ABC Arizona form Dinamo Typefaces, works well in old versions of indesign, completely glitched in multiple ways on all axes in v19... Very problematic for my work!
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Filippo Merlonghi commented
hi, i have issues with raleway and josefin sans
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Glen Elite Optical commented
This. When is this going to be fixed?
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Fernando Díaz commented
As a variable font designer, this is CRITICAL! Please fix this :S
(This also happens in Photoshop)
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christel_applepie commented
Same problem here. After making a pdf the font looks fine but the spacing is not corect. See attachement.
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Brian
commented
The Bold subset of Montserrat Thin now loads incorrectly with v 19.0, showing some characters as bold (correct) but most not bold (incorrect). This occurs across all of my files and is only a recent issue. Different letters are affected, depending on whether they are upper case or lower case (see screenshot). EDIT: The font loads just fine on v 18.5.
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Jonas Hernstig
commented
Same issue here with font Lexend.
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Ronan McDonnell
commented
Several of my fonts, patricularly including variable fonts are not working in V24. I have V23 installed also, and they all work fine there.
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David Leonard commented
Same problem with me using work sans, all the text should be bold but clearly some letters are displaying wrong.
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Phil Harding commented
I have been using indesign V18.5 with no issue. I recently started using V19 and now certain fonts are not displaying correctly (see attached screenshot). When exporting to pdf they export correctly (see attached pdf).
The font i have most issue with is Montserrat family and it is only the heavier weights (Bold, extr bold & black). There is no issue with the font, i am using Adobe fonts and have been for a long time.
Clearly there is a bug with version v19 as i see other people have the same issue. As a designer i would say this is an urgent bug to fix.
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Jonas Hernstig
commented
InDesign version 19.0 x64
The (for me crustal) font Lexend is a variable font that had no issues in Indesign 2023. Since the update the fonts version can not be used.
Only the letter T is affecetd by font weight when it is more than 400, making it impossible to use the Bold version of the font.This is really not good and I can not produce any designs for my company withe the right profile.
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Thanks. Good to hear.
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Adrian commented
Same issue using 'Work Sans'. I have rolled back to Indesign 18.5 which works fine.
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יהושע דיין commented
Report a variable font bug:
1. Most characters exceed the selected weight
2. Weights are not displayed in variable font projectsIn Illustrator, everything is perfectly fine
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eWalthert
commented
I have the same issues with a font. The client works on Windows 11, InDesign 19.0, I tested the font on the Mac on InDesign 18.5, all good. After the update to 19 I have the exact same issues.
