05 November 2018
Every Typefi product has a lifecycle. The lifecycle begins when a product is released and ends when it is no longer supported. Typefi provides a minimum of two years of product support from our general availability date. Typefi also supports Adobe Creative Cloud and Microsoft Office releases on a rolling, three major version, schedule—support for new Adobe or Microsoft releases will become available within 90 days of their general availability.
What does End of Support mean?
End of support means that Typefi no longer provides technical support, including product or security updates, for all derivatives of a product or product version (that is, localized versions, minor upgrades, operating systems, or dot and double-dot releases).
What should I do now?
You may continue to use Typefi products after they are no longer supported, but Typefi will no longer provide updates or address any existing bugs or security issues in the software. Because of this, it is strongly recommended that you update to the latest versions. This will ensure that you benefit from all new functional enhancements and security updates, in addition to support for newer operating systems. Technical support for end of life products is also discontinued.
Typefi product support matrix
Supported products are indicated by a black circle ●. Products nearing their end of life are indicated by a gray circle ●. Unsupported products are indicated by a white circle ○.
Typefi Cloud Bronze (shared hosting)
| Version | General availability |
End of life |
InDesign Server | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2015 | 2014 | CC | CS6 | ||||
| cloud.typefi.net | 8.6 | Q1 2019 | ● | ● | ● | |||||
| 8.5 | 10 Sep 2018 | Q1 2019 | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ||||
| 8.4.1 | 02 Feb 2018 | 10 Sep 2018 | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ||||
| 8.3 | 03 Sep 2017 | 02 Feb 2018 | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | |||
| 8.2 | 14 Oct 2016 | 03 Sep 2017 | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | |||
| 8.1 | 29 Apr 2016 | 14 Oct 2016 | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||||
| 8.0 | 24 Sep 2015 | 29 Apr 2016 | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||||
| c.bronze.typefi.net | 7.4 | 21 Nov 2013 | 31 Oct 2017 | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||||
Typefi Cloud Gold (private hosting), Typefi Workgroup, and Typefi Desktop
| Version | General availability |
End of life |
InDesign and InDesign Server | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2015 | 2014 | CC | CS6 | |||||||
| Typefi 8 | 8.6 | Q1 2019 | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||
| 8.5 | 06 Aug 2018 | 31 Aug 2020 | ○ | ● | ● | ● | |||||||
| 8.4 | 16 Jan 2018 | 31 Jan 2020 | ○ | ● | ● | ● | |||||||
| 8.3 | 22 Aug 2017 | 31 Aug 2019 | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||||||
| 8.2 | 05 Sep 2016 | 30 Sep 2018 | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||||||
| 8.1 | 02 Mar 2016 | 31 Mar 2018 | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | |||||||
| 8.0 | 23 Sep 2015 | 30 Sep 2017 | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | |||||||
| Typefi Publish | 7.4 | 29 Jun 2015 | 31 Oct 2017 | ○ | ○ | ○ | |||||||
| 7.3 | 07 Nov 2012 | ○ | ○ | ○ | |||||||||
| 7.2 | 15 Aug 2014 | ○ | ○ | ○ | |||||||||
| 7.1 | 30 Jun 2014 | ○ | ○ | ||||||||||
| 7.0 | 14 Oct 2013 | ○ | ○ | ||||||||||
Other Plug-ins
| Product name | Version | General availability |
End of life |
InDesign | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2015 | 2014 | CC | CS6 | ||||
| AutoFit | 8.6 | Q1 2019 | ○ | ○ | ○ | |||||
| 8 | 05 Jan 2017 | Q1 2019 | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||
| 6 | 27 Feb 2013 | 5 Jan 2017 | ○ | |||||||
| 2.1 | 17 Jan 2012 | 27 Feb 2013 | ||||||||
| 2 | 10 Sep 2011 | 17 Jan 2012 | ||||||||
| Typefitter | 4.1 | Q4 2018 | ● | ● | ● | |||||
| 4 | 11 Jan 2016 | Q4 2018 | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | * | |
| TypeFitter Pro† | 3 | 19 Sep 2008 | 11 Jan 2016 | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||||
| 2 | 05 Jun 2007 | 19 Sep 2008 | ○ | |||||||
| 1 | 12 Jun 2005 | 5 Jun 2007 | ||||||||
* Typefitter for InDesign CS6 was made end of life on 6 April 2017, but remains available as a free (unsupported) download.
† Typefi acquired TypeFitter Pro from Teacup Software in late 2015 and re-released it as Typefitter in early 2016.
Third-party compatibility matrix
Adobe InDesign
Adobe InDesign comes as two products: InDesign, a desktop application for designing page layouts for print or digital distribution; and InDesign Server, a service for programmatically creating automated documents based on what you've created with InDesign. For purposes of this document, "InDesign" refers to both InDesign (desktop) and InDesign Server.
Typefi Designer supports Adobe InDesign CC releases on a rolling, three major versions, schedule—support for new Adobe releases will become available within 90 days of their general availability.
| Version | General availability |
End of life* (estimated) | Typefi Designer compatibility | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.6 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 7.4 | |||||||
| InDesign CC 2019 | 14 | 15 Oct 2018 | Jan 2022 | ● | ○ | ○ | ||||||||
| InDesign CC 2018 | 13 | 18 Oct 2017 | Jan 2021 | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||||||
| InDesign CC 2017 | 12 | 02 Nov 2016 | Jan 2020 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ||||||
| InDesign CC 2015 | 11 | 15 Jun 2015 | Jan 2019 | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | |||||
| InDesign CC 2014 | 10 | 18 Jun 2014 | Jan 2018 | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||||||
| InDesign CC | 9 | 15 Jun 2013 | Oct 2017 | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||||||
| InDesign CS6 | 8 | 23 Apr 2012 | Oct 2017 | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||||||
* Adobe Support Policy limits product support to the latest release of Creative Cloud. Support for previous Creative Cloud releases is available only with an active Adobe Gold Support contract. Support for legacy Creative Suite® products is no longer available.
Microsoft Word
Typefi Writer supports Microsoft Word (Windows-only*) releases on a rolling, three major versions, schedule—support for new Microsoft releases will become available within 90 days of their general availability.
| Version | General availability |
End of life† (estimated) | Typefi Writer compatibility | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.6 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 7.4 | |||||||
| Word 2019*‡ | 17 | 02 Oct 2018 | Oct 2025 | ● | ● | |||||||||
| Word 2016*‡ | 16 | 22 Sep 2015 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | |||||||
| Word 2013 | 15 | 09 Jan 2013 | Apr 2023 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||||
| Word 2010 | 14 | 15 Jul 2010 | Oct 2020 | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||||
| Word 2007 | 12 | 27 Jan 2007 | Oct 2017 | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||||
* Typefi Writer is not currently compatible with the 64-bit version of Microsoft Office. For Office 2016, the 32-bit version will automatically be installed unless you explicitly select 64-bit before the installation process. For more information, see Choose between the 64-bit or 32-bit version of Office.
† Microsoft Lifecycle Policy provides 10 years of product support (a minimum of five years Mainstream Support and a minimum of five years Extended Support; see this table for the difference between Mainstream Support, Extended Support, and Self-help Online Support for software products).
‡ One of the benefits of Office 365 is that Microsoft provides new features for Office apps on a regular basis. The schedule for these updates depends on your selected update channel. Typefi only certifies compatibility with Office 365 on the Semi-annual update channel. While the Monthly (formerly "Current") channel provides new or updated features, and security and non-security updates at least once each month, these releases are only supported until the next monthly channel release is available and may break compatibility with Typefi Writer. For these reasons, Typefi strongly recommends the Semi-annual (formerly "Deferred") update channel that also provides new or updated features, and security and non-security updates, but on a slower cadence of two (formerly three) updates each year while extending support to 18 months (starting from first release).
Operating systems
| Version | General availability |
Typefi compatibility | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.6 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 7.4 | ||||||
| macOS | 10.14 | 24 Sep 2018 | ● | ● | |||||||||
| 10.13 | 25 Sep 2017 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||
| 10.12 | 20 Sep 2016 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | |||||||
| 10.11§ | 30 Sep 2015 | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||||||
| 10.10‡ | 16 Oct 2014 | ‡ | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||||||
| 10.9 | 22 Oct 2013 | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | |||||||
| 10.8 | 25 Jul 2012 | ○ | |||||||||||
| 10.7 | 20 Jul 2011 | ○ | |||||||||||
| Windows† | 10§ | 29 Jul 2015 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||||
| 8.1 | 26 Oct 2012 | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | |||||
| 7 | 22 Oct 2009 | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | |||||
| Windows Server† | 2016 | 12 Oct 2016 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ||||||
| 2012 R2 | 18 Oct 2013 | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||||||
| 2012 | 04 Sep 2012 | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | |||||
| 2008 R2 | 22 Jul 2009 | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | |||||
| 2008 | 27 Feb 2008 | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | |||||
* Apple does not publish a lifecycle policy for macOS. Instead, support for macOS is linked to the Mac hardware, which is supported for 5 years after the product is no longer manufactured (see Vintage and obsolete products). Apple security updates are generally only provided for the current version of macOS and two previous versions (see Apple security updates).
† Microsoft Lifecycle Policy provides 10 years of product support (a minimum of five years Mainstream Support and a minimum of five years Extended Support; see this table for the difference between Mainstream Support, Extended Support, and Self-help Online Support for software products).
‡ Adobe does not support Adobe InDesign CC 2018 or later with OS X Yosemite (10.10).
§ Adobe recently announced that the October 2018 release of Creative Cloud (CC 2019) will only support Windows 10 v1709 or higher, and macOS Sierra (10.12) or later. You can continue to run and install the current and previous versions of Creative Cloud applications on these deprecated operating systems, but you will not be able to install or run InDesign CC 2019.
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