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Thomas Phinney
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August 11, 2003
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Font Folio OpenType Edition

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Press Release Source: Adobe Systems Incorporated

Adobe Announces OpenType Edition of Font Folio
Monday August 11, 8:12 am ET
New Version Offers the Adobe Type Library in Enhanced Cross-Platform Font Format

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 11, 2003--Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE - News), the leader in network publishing, today introduced a new version of Adobe® Font Folio(TM) featuring the Adobe Type Library in OpenType® format on one CD-ROM. The Adobe Font Folio (OpenType Edition) product contains more than 2,000 fonts in OpenType format, which allows for richer linguistic support and more advanced typographic control in any print, Web or dynamic media project. Adobe also announced the availability of a new special version with a 10-computer license, making it more affordable for small design shops to access the entire Adobe Type Library.

Adobe and Microsoft Corporation created the OpenType font format to improve cross-platform document portability and simplify font management, by introducing one font file that works on both the Macintosh and Windows platforms. Creative professionals benefit from extended foreign language support and the inclusion of expert typographic glyphs, such as small caps, old style figures and swashes, in many OpenType fonts.

"The OpenType font format is much more convenient than the old Type 1 or TrueType fonts," said David Blatner, co-author of Real World InDesign, InDesign for QuarkXPress Users and Real World Photoshop. "With Adobe's new Font Folio in OpenType format, I love having large character sets in the same font instead of having to work with a whole array of related font files."

Pricing and Availability

The Adobe Font Folio [OpenType Edition] product is available immediately and will be sold primarily through the Adobe store at www.adobe.com, Adobe retail and licensing channels, and includes a standard 20-computer license for US$8,999. License extensions are also available and Font Folio is included in Adobe's transactional and contractual licensing programs. Upgrade pricing from Font Folio versions 8 or 9 to Font Folio OpenType Edition is US$2,499. Adobe is also releasing a special 10-computer license of Font Folio OpenType Edition for smaller design workplaces that is available for US$4,999. International English versions are available where localized versions are not sold.

Full Press Release:
http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/200308/081103FONTFOLIO.html

Product page:
http://www.adobe.com/products/fontfolio/main.html
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    Thomas PhinneyAuthor
    Inspiring
    November 12, 2008
    Are you on Mac or on Windows? You posted your other message in the Mac forum....

    In any case, it seems the solution is to get the latest updates to QXP 7 (which would be 7.3.1) to fix the Quark bug.

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    Moscarda
    Participant
    July 7, 2015

    While I can't speak to the functionality of the 2015 edition, but in Photoshop CC 2014 (on a new Mac running Yosemite) each weight and style of all fonts show up separately in the menu, but once one is selected: the sub-family drop-down menu allows one to move around within that font. 

    When I saw this post, researching when the latest Font Folio was expected, I thought it funny that one user claims Adobe is the exception to the rule, and another that it is only a windows issue, when on my Mac, Adobe products are the only ones I can think of to show each style and weight separately. 


    Before CC came out, in the Creative Suite versions I owned, I used to love how quick it was to scroll through the fonts to see a given text looked, simply by selecting one and tapping the down arrow.  Now it's quicker to use a simple app built for the task, annoying as it is to switch apps because classic function was forgotten or discontinued.  Maybe it's due to the fact that the apps are almost identical across platforms—not that it would excuse losing a feature. 

    Returning to the topic of Adobe's Font Folio: this isn't the first thread I've read on the subject.  Most were closed to comments, listed as "solved" because—as Adobe staff snapped at OP:

    "Correct Answer"

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    by Dov Isaacs on 10-Sep-2012 16:53

    "What is your point?

    Adobe does not announce vaporware. If and when we are ready to release a new version of Font Folio, we will announce the product, but certainly not until then."

    ...as if Adobe hasn't become famous for its yearly releases of everything else—or perhaps infamous is the better word, due to the premiums designers pay to trying to play catch-up!  Premiums that should come not only with updates and new features, but the ones we've grown to love and depend on. Or perhaps this strikes a nerve because as a disabled user with chronic pain and very limited dexterity, tapping the down key was painless!


    Also it should be noted that that this post was last active 2008; Dov's thread closed 2012. The last news of Font Folio was 2011, not for the release of Font Folio 12,  but a small update to 11.

    Dov Isaacs
    Dov Isaacs
    Legend
    July 8, 2015

    Niko Käst wrote:

    …

    Returning to the topic of Adobe's Font Folio: this isn't the first thread I've read on the subject.  Most were closed to comments, listed as "solved" because—as Adobe staff snapped at OP:

    "Correct Answer"

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    by Dov Isaacs on 10-Sep-2012 16:53

    "What is your point?

    Adobe does not announce vaporware. If and when we are ready to release a new version of Font Folio, we will announce the product, but certainly not until then."

    ...as if Adobe hasn't become famous for its yearly releases of everything else—or perhaps infamous is the better word, due to the premiums designers pay to trying to play catch-up!  Premiums that should come not only with updates and new features, but the ones we've grown to love and depend on. Or perhaps this strikes a nerve because as a disabled user with chronic pain and very limited dexterity, tapping the down key was painless!


    Also it should be noted that that this post was last active 2008; Dov's thread closed 2012. The last news of Font Folio was 2011, not for the release of Font Folio 12,  but a small update to 11.

    Niko,

    Exactly what are you asking for or about other than a Photoshop issue which might better be discussed in a Photoshop forum?

    There are no new versions of the Adobe Font Folio product beyond 11.1.  That has not changed in a number of years.

               - Dov

    - Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)
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    _Paul_Tait_
    Participant
    November 11, 2008
    I found this thread while browsing to try and solve a problem I'm having with the Hypatia font. It basically crashes Quark (v7) whenever I try to apply any style/size/colour to it. All of my other fonts are OK, but there appears to be a conflict between Hypatia and Quark.

    I've tried turning every type-related option on and off to no avail.

    Just wondered if this has been reported elsewhere?
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    Thomas PhinneyAuthor
    Inspiring
    August 13, 2008
    Ah, wait, Bell Gothic. Ack.

    Yes, actually, we just recently found an issue that was inadvertently created during their revisions for Font Folio 11. I'll be posting more on this Real Soon Now. There are several other families that were affected, actually.

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    _David_Ormerod_
    Participant
    August 11, 2008
    Thomas,

    My apologies, I should have included in my original post a mention of the fact that I am familiar with style linking and effects it can have on font display menus in Windows apps. But I am quite certain thats not the issue Ive encountered. Take the example of the BellGothicStd-Light: when both it and BellGothicStd-Bold are installed, only the Light shows up in WordPad, but what actually gets displayed to the screen or output is the Bold weight, regardless of whether the bold style button has been used or not. Uninstall BellGothicStd-Bold, and now the Light appears correctly. It seems that theres something about this pair of Font Folio OTF files that result in a conflict of some sort within the OS.

    Since Adobe recently identified problems with similar symptomsIm thinking of the technote about Arial Narrow, http://www.adobe.com/go/kb402845, which happens to be something colleagues of mine have encounteredI thought maybe this behavior Im seeing with these Font Folio 11 files might have a similar cause?
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    Thomas PhinneyAuthor
    Inspiring
    August 8, 2008
    Are you familiar with style linking?

    This is discussed in both the Adobe OpenType readme and the OpenType User Guide for Adobe Fonts. It's not even an OpenType issue, but a how-Windows-handles-fonts issue.

    http://www.adobe.com/type/browser/OTReadMe.html
    http://www.adobe.com/type/browser/pdfs/OTGuide.pdf

    Regards,

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    _David_Ormerod_
    Participant
    August 8, 2008
    Am seeing a problem with various font families from Font Folio 11: some members of these problem families fail to appear in WordPad on Windows (and all Microsoft Office applications, which is really where I want to use these fonts). Example: install BellGothicStd-Light.otf and BellGothicStd-Bold.otf in Windows/Fonts, but in WordPad only the Bell Gothic Light is available. The bold is not recognized. Uninstall the light, and *then* the bold becomes available. Same problem exists with Avenir and Frutiger 55. Probably others as well, I haven't tried more than these.

    Is there some secret voodoo that has to be performed to get these OpenType Folio fonts to work in WordPad?
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    _Mickyboy_
    Participant
    July 29, 2008
    Ok Tom

    I forgive you on this occasion, but I am disappointed that my letter to my poor old mother is less important than your little admin task. Suppose I will have to wait.

    On a serious note, keep up the good work and let the world have it soon..

    Case closed....

    Mick
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    Thomas PhinneyAuthor
    Inspiring
    July 29, 2008
    Injuries, disrespect and family dissolution? Your suffering means nothing to Adobe, the heartless mega-corp! Mwahahaha!

    Just kidding. I really do want to help you on this. It pains me every time I see a request for the italics, and they have been coming much more frequently just in the past month or so. The truth is, few things on my plate would be more fun and rewarding than working on Hypatia Sans italics, but I keep on running into little things like formulating the type department strategy for 2009 (yes, now).

    Regards,

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    _Mickyboy_
    Participant
    July 25, 2008
    Hi Thomas

    I am honoured sir (I am not worthy)....

    When I bought CS3 I used my freeby to get the Lynda education thing, because I am a complete novice. But I love the Hypatia type font and decided that I could easily buy it and download it!

    I just have to have it, if I dont get it fast, my dog will bite me, my wife has thretened to divorce me, my kids will no longer respect me and i will not be able to write another page or article.

    Can you live with this Tom? HuH? Oh no, my dog is looking at me and growling aagghhh
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    Thomas PhinneyAuthor
    Inspiring
    July 25, 2008
    It's not yet available separately, because we were holding off until the italics were done. The type designer (namely me) has been astoundingly slow at completing the italics, pleading "other priorities." However, we recognize that it would be a Very Good Thing to get the typeface out there at retail.

    Regards,

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    Thomas Phinney
    Product Manager
    Fonts & Global Typography
    Adobe Systems
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