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> I found that Myriad Pro Semibold showed up in the menu as Myriad Pro Light � STYLIZED AS BOLD. I then discovered that all the fonts that I thought were missing indeed just showed up as stylized versions of another font style name.

Yes, Thomas covered all this in his post 4. As he said then, it's just a fact of life on Windows. The style links for Adobe fonts are always given in the readme, and he gave a link to the Myriad readme in post 9. Other font foundries should give out the same info, so it's really not necessary to create a file in a Mac and then open it in Windows.

While some may find it counterintuitive to get Myriad Pro Semibold by bolding Myriad Pro Light, to me it's completely logical. A bold of a light face is going to be lighter then a bold of a regular face, so it makes sense to link the semibold there. I really don't know why some people get so worked up about this. They usually seem to be Mac users, so maybe it's just because it sounds complicated to them. But it's just never been an issue to me. Given the choice, I prefer font families to having each font listed separately.

> For PostScript RIPs, it is usually a no-no to stylize fonts.

I'm not sure what you mean by stylising fonts in this context. Since the whole thread has been about how selecting font variants in Windows works, I assume you're referring to selecting the variant by hitting the bold or itals icons or typing Ctrl-B or Ctrl-I. And I don't believe there is any difference between choosing a bold by, for example, choosing Myriad Pro Bold in ID's drop down font menu and selecting some Myriad Pro text and typing Ctrl-B or hitting the bold icon. As long as the appropriate font file is installed, I believe any method of styling fonts in Windows is just fine (though Dov or Thomas may correct on me on this). And, on Macs, you should also use style linking (as opposed to direct selection of the font) if you plan to use the files cross-platform.