Will Adobe Kis and Aldine eventually be available to buy on third-party platforms?

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March 6, 2025
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Historically, Adobe has made Adobe Originals fonts (Garamond Premier, Arno, Minion, etc.) available to be purchased on third-party platforms like Fontspring and MyFonts. Are there any plans to do the same with the newest releases, or will they be exclusive to the Adobe Fonts platform for the forseeable future?

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Bobby Henderson

Community Expert

Garamond Premier Pro is available to buy at MyFonts for $299 (pack of 34 styles). Arno is also available at MyFonts for $329 (pack of 32 styles).

IIRC, Garamond Premier Pro was one of the type families bundled with Adobe Creative Suite 2 packages. Arno Pro was bundled with CS3.

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dashing_axolotlAuthor

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Hi Bobby,

Yes, I am aware of that, and in fact, own those typefaces myself. My post was asking about the newest Adobe Originals releases, Aldine and Kis, which are not available to purchase on any third-party platforms as of March 2025.

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Bobby Henderson

Community Expert

Sorry. Adobe Aldine was first released just a couple or so weeks ago. Adobe Kis was released just last year. As far as I can tell they seem to be exclusive to Adobe Fonts. There are other Aldine and Kis typefaces available in the market, but they won't be exactly the same as the Adobe cuts.

At first glance it would seem like Adobe might be leaving money on the table by not letting other online type stores sell those fonts. However, Adobe has developed type super families specifically for their own use, such as Adobe Clean.

Also it looks like the type industry is in a strange situation. Monotype has gobbled up a lot of different type companies and even bought out multiple online type stores, including MyFonts. Some independent type companies and individual type designers have removed their fonts from those stores. I can only guess why they have done so. In that kind of environment it might make sense for Adobe to withhold some of its newest typefaces from a site like MyFonts and choose to keep them exclusive to Creative Cloud subscribers.