Typefi product support lifecycle – Typefi Support

19 November 2019

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.

What does End of Life mean?

End of life 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 (end of life) products are indicated by a white circle ○. Empty cells indicate configurations that have never been supported.

Typefi Workgroup and Typefi Desktop

Typefi Workgroup and Desktop are on-premises automated publishing solutions for teams (Workgroup) and single-users (Desktop). Both Typefi Workgroup and Desktop support the three latest releases of Adobe InDesign Server and Microsoft Office, with new releases added within 90 days of their general availability.

	Version	General availability	End of life	InDesign and InDesign Server
	Version	General availability	End of life	2020	2019	2018	2017	2015	2014	CC	CS6
Typefi 8	8.6	19 Feb 2019	28 Feb 2021		●*	●	●
	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								○	○

* Adobe discovered a serious bug in the April 2019 update of InDesign. For more information, see Alert: InDesign 2019 compatibility (April 2019), but please do not update to InDesign 2019 (v14.0.2) at this time.

Typefi Cloud Bronze

Typefi Cloud Bronze is a shared tenant automated publishing subscription service that provides access to the latest releases of Typefi (including Typefi Designer, Typefi Writer, and Typefitter), and Adobe InDesign Server software. Cloud Bronze follows a continuous service and support policy through non-security and security updates, new product builds (both Typefi and Adobe), and access to online content through Zendesk and online support. Typefi updates are pushed out approximately two weeks following general availability for Typefi Cloud Gold subscribers, while Adobe updates are pushed out biannually.

	Version	Available	End of life	InDesign Server*
				2020	2019	2018	2017	2015	2014	CC	CS6
				cloud.typefi.net	8.7	TBA		*	*	*
					8.6	25 Mar 2019			●	●	●
8.5	10 Sep 2018	25 Mar 2019				○	○	○
8.4	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 Bronze supports Adobe InDesign Server releases on a rolling, two major version, schedule, with a 90 day transition period before an InDesign Server release is discontinued.

Typefi Cloud Gold

Typefi Cloud Gold is a fully managed, single tenant, Software as a Service (SaaS) solution. Typefi Cloud Gold supports the three latest releases of Adobe InDesign Server and Microsoft Office, with new releases supported within 90 days of their general availability. Typefi Cloud Gold requires a separate Adobe InDesign Server license.

	Version	General availability	InDesign Server*
			2020	2019	2018	2017	2015	2014	CC	CS6
			Typefi Cloud Gold	8.7	TBA		*	*	*
8.6	19 Feb 2019	28 Feb 2021		●	●	●
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 Cloud Gold supports Adobe InDesign Server releases on a rolling, three major version, schedule, with a 90 day transition period before an InDesign Server release is discontinued.

InDesign Plug-ins

Product name	Version	General availability	End of life	InDesign*
				2020	2019	2018	2017	2015	2014	CC	CS6
				AutoFit	8.7	TBA	n/a	*	*	*
					8.6	29 Oct 2019			○	○	○
					8.5	11 Aug 2018				○	○	○
8.4	17 Nov 2017				○	○		○	○	○	○
6	27 Feb 2013										○
2.1	17 Jan 2012
2	10 Sep 2011
Typefitter	4.3	17 Dec 2019		●	●	●
	4.2	29 Sep 2019			○	○	○
	4	11 Jan 2016	06 Nov 2018			○	○	○	○	○	†
TypeFitter Pro^‡	3	19 Sep 2008	11 Jan 2016						○	○	○
	2	05 Jun 2007	19 Sep 2008								○
	1	12 Jun 2005	05 Jun 2007

* Typefi supports Adobe InDesign releases on a rolling, three major version, schedule.

† Typefitter for InDesign CS6 was made end of life on 06 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 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
				8.7	8.6	8.5	8.4	8.3	8.2	8.1	8.0	7.4
				InDesign 2020	15	05 Nov 2019
				InDesign 2019	14‡	15 Oct 2018	Jan 2022		●	●
				InDesign 2018	13	18 Oct 2017	Jan 2021		●	●	●	●
InDesign 2017	12	02 Nov 2016	Jan 2020		●	●	●	○	○
InDesign 2015	11	15 Jun 2015	Jan 2019			○	○	○	○	○	○
InDesign 2014	10	18 Jun 2014	Jan 2018					○	○	○	○	○
InDesign CC	9	15 Jun 2013	Oct 2017					○	○	○	○	○
InDesign CS6	8	23 Apr 2012	Oct 2017					○	○	○	○	○

* General availability is listed for InDesign-only, which historically aligns with the first day of the annual Adobe MAX creativity conference. InDesign Server is generally available ~30 days later.

† Adobe limits direct download access to the two most recent major versions of Creative Cloud desktop applications (effective 08 May 2019). Support for older Creative Cloud releases is available only with an active Adobe Gold Support contract. Support for Creative Suite applications is no longer available.

‡ Adobe discovered a serious bug in the April 2019 update of InDesign. For more information, see Alert: InDesign 2019 compatibility (April 2019), but please do not update to InDesign 2019 (v14.0.2) at this time.

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
	Version	General availability	End of life† (estimated)	8.7	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	Oct 2025‡		●	●	●	○	○
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; a future version of Writer with support for 64-bit versions of Office is under development and targeted for release in 2019. For more information, see Choose between the 64-bit or 32-bit version of Office.

† Microsoft Fixed 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).

‡ Microsoft Modern Lifecycle Policy, as it applies to Office 365, provides continuous product support as long as customers "stay current"; that is, accept all servicing updates and apply them within a specific timeframe. The schedule for these servicing updates depends on your selected update channel. Typefi only certifies compatibility with 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 unexpectedly break compatibility with Typefi Writer. For these reasons, Typefi only supports the Semi-annual (formerly "Deferred") update channel that still provides new or updated features, and security and non-security updates, but on a slower cadence of two updates each year.

Operating systems

	Version	General availability	Typefi compatibility
	Version	General availability	8.6	8.5	8.4	8.3	8.2	8.1	8.0	7.4
macOS*	10.15	07 Oct 2019	†
	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^‡	2019	02 Oct 2018	●
	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). Typefi supports macOS releases on a rolling, three major version, schedule.

† Adobe does not support InDesign 2018 with either macOS Catalina (10.15), or OS X Yosemite (10.10).

‡ Microsoft Fixed 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).

§ The October 2018 release of Creative Cloud (2019) requires Windows 10 v1709 or later. For more information, see this Adobe announcement.