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"If we purchase fonts that claim to be cross-platform, shouldn't they be?"

Although you aren't specific about it in this posting, I gather your complaint is about Windows style linking and font menus in typical (non Adobe) Windows applications. Is that correct?

Adobe can't fix this issue in non Adobe applications on Windows, unless you would consider eliminating all style linking to be a "fix."

We document this issue very thoroughly, in our OpenType readme, and in various technical support documents. We could refer to it in our OpenType User Guide as well, I suppose. Would you consider that an improvement? I'm just on an update to that document right now, but it's not too late to make more changes.

Fundamentally, your problem is with Windows and how that OS handles fonts. Microsoft has recently moved past this (although not in a way I entirely like) in Windows Presentation Foundation. But that doesn't affect existing Windows applications until they are completely rewritten.

I'm sorry you consider Windows OS font handling to be "unacceptable," but this is not at all within Adobe's control. Microsoft has already made major changes, but it is not possible for those to retroactively affect existing applications.

Regards,

T