I am trying to gather reactions to operational functionality issues (not critiques of UI or UI Type selection) in Apples newest OS revision. I am particularly interested in type design software compatibility and type use and printing issues which might affect a users choice to upgrade to Yosemite or not.
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I had a minor issue printing to an HP Officejet which could have been my goof when I originally installed the printer drivers in Mavericks... this was fixed by removing the printer and reinstalling the drivers using the HP Utility app and not System Preferences.
SMB sharing uses SMB3 not SMB2... so sharing folders can break (my HP Officejet can't scan directly into a network folder).
Well, FontShop found a bug when using OpenType Fonts with a higher UPM then 1000. Results in printing and display errors. I could only find a German information about it:
http://www.typografie.info/3/page/artikel.htm/_/n/t/os-x-yosemite-hat-probleme-mit-opentype-fonts-r373
Maybe try a google translation.
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On the other side, FontLab 5.1.4 has problems with an actual driver of the Wacom Bamboo/Intuos tablet: http://typophile.com/node/107749
The Wacom/FontLab issues in OS X 10.9.x can be resolved by going to an earlier driver. However, that earlier driver does not work in Yosemite, meaning the combination of the three is not good.
In FontLab Studio, there are issues with viewing and editing font creation date in the Font Info dialog.
We have one person reporting a broader issue with some keyboard commands randomly becoming unavailable over time while running FontLab Studio, but we have no confirmation of this. If anybody else experiences it, I'd like to know about it.
I would choose a font, but the programs would not accept the change.
Also, some some OpenType features (such as toggling from lining characters to oldstyle characters) in some fonts.
I wish I had taken notes on which fonts acted weirdly, but I got so frustrated that I immediately switched back to Mavericks. I don't want to move back to Yosemite until I know my font library will work properly in it.
Using FL 5.1.4 4868.
https://github.com/robofab-developers/robofab/commit/61048483f08e91370463c77477263053fc06e633
This means you'll need to keep a machine around for drawing that is 10.9 or below. It's not fashionable these days to run old OS's but somewhere around 10.7/10.8 FontLab seemed to work the best, or the most These days I do a few things in FontLab and the rest in RoboFont.
I think the only option I have is deinstalling Yosemite and installing Maverick in my laptop.
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