Where can I get fonts that are in PostScript format?

Same thought occurred to me some time ago.

Many years ago I worked at an Output Bureau. At that time we had a large Font Library consisting of, predominantly, Postscript Fonts with some TrueType and the odd Adobe Font Master Set. I wanted to know if the library would work in Adobe CC. Which it does.

Turns out Adobe developed the OpenType font format to replace what came before as explained here:

https://www.adobe.com/products/type/opentype.html

After a web chat with Adobe they don't offer fonts in PS format anymore. I did find this site though:

https://www.download-free-fonts.com/details/75607/times-new-roman-ps

Which you may want to try? A word of caution. "Nastyware" (such as trojans, malware, adware and viruses) were often 'injected' into files masquerading as free downloadable fonts. So be wary.

If you're going to try this on a production machine, back up first. If it was me I would test on a "dirty" Mac (not connected to anything etc and one you can easily flatten and rebuild) first to see what happens.

Good luck.

Whatever you do, don't purchase Type 1 PostScript fonts. Adobe is killing all support for them next year. Such fonts won't even show up in the font lists for Photoshop and other CC apps.

If you require PostScript versions of Times, Adobe offers OpenType PostScript versions. They have Times LT Std, and Times New Roman MT Std. Each have unique internal names that don't conflict with the TrueType versions installed by macOS.

I would imagine BitStream and LinoType also offer OpenType PostScript versions of their own, but I haven't looked.

iTryToBeHelpful wrote:

I'd like to download the PostScript font files for the Times-Roman font family for use on my Macbook (10.14.6). I have searched online for the fonts, but the only results I got were for the TrueType format, not PostScript.

What is your purpose in doing this? There may be a better way...

http://www.jklstudios.com/misc/osxfonts.html#fontsyoucancannotuse