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Jeremy, 

      Does Adobe update their typefaces annually?




This is my take on this: Note that I'm still using PS fonts created in the late 1980s and early 1990s on my Mac without a hassle.) There have been a handful of minor "updates"; the most significant had to do with the way Optima and Eras were originally cut, as they originally displayed the fonts differently depending upon device resolution. (Optima's graceful tapering strokes and Eras' 3� slant were not seen onscreen; only in high-resolution print.)

Another change I'm aware of is the addition of the euro � with all recent fonts. And at least one technology was unfortunately short lived (multiple masters). OpenType fonts have vastly expanded the range of available glyphs included in a single font, and have rolled in formerly separate expert, alternate, OS, swash representations of the font. There may have been a few minor fixes to a few OT fonts, and a few months ago there was an animated discussion in these forums about some incorrect spacing issues when setting text in Adobe's Garamond Premier Pro in Classsical Greek for which there should be an update at some point.

But annual updates? No. Minor fixes from time to time, sometimes. That said, I'm not sure if there is any sort of "subscription" agreement with the purchase of the Font Folio disk which provides new fonts or fixes to old fonts (if any). Some new fonts, such as Brioso Pro Opticals and Garmond Premier Pro have been bundled with other software, such as the Creative Suite.

Is there a particular concern for your question?

Neil