Planning for the Demise of PostScript Fonts + Solutions

Adobe ends ALL Support for PostScript Type 1 Fonts in January 2023. Adobe created the PostScript Type 1 font file type way back in 1984. It was useful because it could be used on both on computer screens and printers. Photoshop stopped support for PostScript with v23 with the October 2021 release.

After support ends in January 2023, you will no longer be able to use Type 1 fonts. Any Adobe files that use Type 1 fonts created before January 2023 will NOT be editable without replacing the font. If you open a project that uses PostScript fonts after January 2023 in newer Adobe apps, you will see a “Missing Font” error.

Learn more about this change at Adobe

The Solution: Connect Fonts and Connect Assets

Extensis Connect Fonts

Extensis Connect Fonts lets you search for Type 1 fonts used, collect and organize PostScript fonts in seconds, and isolate them from your library. In addition, it contains a tool called QuickMatch that will replace type 1 fonts with the OpenType or TrueType equivalent in your active documents. Formerly Suitcase Fusion, Extensis’ cloud-based font manager with automated font pairing suggestions and a search function that thinks like you.

Extensis Connect Assets will also help you locate PostScript Type 1 fonts quickly. . It can embed PostScript Type 1 fonts as objects in read-only files and more. Extensis Connect Assets is a Cloud-based DAM for smaller teams and creative agencies.