Some serious attention needs to be paid to this category.
CRACKED FONTAGENT UPDATE
It's not practical to tell users to go update that big pile of archived files before the next version of Illustrator drops. I shouldn't have to worry about archived files that are 10 or 20 years old suddenly being broken or even unable to open. When Adobe and other companies get into spats that break file-open/import compatibility that turns into a giant problem. We're already on the hook as it is with Adobe's applications being software as a service. I'm already pretty angry at other software vendors for ending support for early file versions of their application formats (CorelDRAW is a big offender). But now we're going to see Pantone spot color fills blacked out (for reasons that only seem stupid) and any text set in Type 1 fonts is just going to get deleted from the document. Adobe Illustrator has, so far, been very good at opening old AI and EPS files, even going back to the first versions of Illustrator. This sort of nonsense pretty much has me convinced the only safe, long-term way to store information or artwork is by physically printing it out on paper and storing that. But there has to be some kind of safety net for us long-time users who still have a lot of vintage Type 1 fonts.
I can understand the needs of making it easier to sell software on a global basis. But what I got from it was that, basically, Type 1 font support is being killed off because of Harfbuzz? How is that going to be incorporated into Illustrator, InDesign, etc? What sort of functions is it going to provide to benefit users? Some of us have hundreds or even thousands of existing archive documents that make use of Type 1 fonts. That was an informative 75 minute presentation.
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