Adobe Font Folio was a collection of more than 2,400
OpenType
OpenType is a format for scalable computer fonts. It was built on its predecessor TrueType, retaining TrueType's basic structure and adding many intricate data structures for prescribing typographic behavior. OpenType is a registered trademark o ...
fonts
In metal typesetting, a font is a particular size, weight and style of a typeface. Each font is a matched set of type, with a piece (a "sort") for each glyph. A typeface consists of a range of such fonts that shared an overall design.
In mode ...
, designed by several renowned
type foundries
A type foundry is a company that designs or distributes typefaces. Before digital typography, type foundries manufactured and sold metal and wood typefaces for hand typesetting, and matrices for line-casting machines like the Linotype and Monot ...
. , there were around 10,000 fonts available in OpenType format. Adobe's font library makes up under a third of the total, all of which are included in Font Folio.
The product was discontinued in June 2022.
[https://helpx.adobe.com/fonts/kb/font-folio-end-of-sale.html]
Version history
* Version 7, released March 13, 1995. Had over 2,000 Type 1 (
PostScript
PostScript (PS) is a page description language in the electronic publishing and desktop publishing realm. It is a dynamically typed, concatenative programming language. It was created at Adobe Systems by John Warnock, Charles Geschke, Doug Br ...
) typefaces. First release supporting
Silicon Graphics
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and
Sun Microsystems
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platforms.
* Version 8, released in September, 1997.
* Version 9, released in January, 2001. Had some OpenType typefaces, but still predominantly PostScript Type 1.
* Version 10. Marketed as Font Folio Opentype Edition, released August 11, 2003, claiming "more than 2,000" fonts in OpenType format. Offered as a 20-user license and, for the first time, a 10-user license to make it more affordable.
* Version 11. Released September 5, 2007, touting more than 2,300 fonts (all OpenType).
* Version 11.1. Released December 21, 2011. The collection has 2,433 OpenType fonts.
See also
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Adobe Fonts
Adobe Fonts (formerly Typekit) is an online service that provides its subscribers with access to its font library, under a single licensing agreement. The fonts may be used directly on websites, or synced via Adobe Creative Cloud to applications ...
*
Adobe Originals
The Adobe Originals program is a series of digital typefaces created by Adobe Systems from 1989 for professional use, intended to be of extremely high design quality while offering a large feature set across many languages. Many are strongly infl ...
*
Adobe Type
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References
External links
Adobe Font Folio Font List
Font Folio
Digital typography
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Font Folio