Always a hot-button topic, last month we asked what version of InDesign everyone was using. It appears that about a third of people who answered haven’t wanted—or been able or allowed—to upgrade to the latest and greatest. Even I don’t upgrade right away to the newest release. I’m of the “let them iron out the wrinkles first” mindset. That being said, once you’re into Creative Cloud territory, it doesn’t make much sense to not update…at least in my workflow. Your mileage may vary. And vary it did for everyone that answered the poll.
The majority of respondents (65%) are using CC2018. Though with minor updates rolling out quietly, we might not all be on the exact same version of 2018. The other three choices we offered were playing leap-frog during the poll’s run and they ended up being fairly evenly-distributed. InDesign CS6 took a slight edge with about 15%. Since that version was the last pre-Cloud offering, that makes perfect sense. Then lumped all together is every version from the first cloud version (CC) through CC2017, with about 11% of the overall usage. In last place with almost one-tenth of the results is CS5.5 or earlier. It’s not v. 5.5 that piques my interest so much as the “or earlier” part.
Looking forward, this month’s poll wants to find out how often you are using free fonts. Don’t get me wrong, free is my favorite price, but I also believe in the axiom, “You get what you pay for.” Still, that’s not to say that I haven’t partaken of some of the reputable foundries’ offers of free fonts and gotten a viable product in return. So, how about you? Free fonts…yes or no? It depends? Let us know!
This article was last modified on July 29, 2022
This article was first published on March 15, 2018
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