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Thomas Phinney
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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

List of all the fonts is here.

More information on compatibility and differences between the OpenType fonts and their Type 1 counterparts is here. Look in the right-hand column for links to the two cross-reference documents, and the font conversion FAQ.
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    Thomas PhinneyAuthor
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    August 2, 2006
    Well, that would be appropriate for all-caps setting.... :/

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    Ramón G Castañeda
    Ramón G Castañeda
    Inspiring
    August 2, 2006
    Nor when one has to set text in Spanish. (The old issue about the initial exclamation point and the initial question mark stubbornly put on the baseline by Bitstream.)
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    _Philo_Calhoun_
    Known Participant
    August 1, 2006
    ... a comment on the fonts that come with Corel Draw:

    Most of the Bitstream fonts included are good, however, none of the fonts included have expert sets, extra ligatures, etc. So they are not appropriate when one needs osf or small caps.
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    Thomas PhinneyAuthor
    Inspiring
    September 11, 2005
    Well, there are a few "Pro" fonts that don't have a lot of goodies, and some "Std" that have a lot. Look at Kepler Std for instance - tons of goodies, just no extended language support.

    Palatino is a design licensed from Linotype, and they have already been talking about doing a revised and expanded version, which they've been working on for a while. I rather hope to see it this winter.

    Cheers,

    T
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    _Calibri___Palatino_
    Participant
    September 9, 2005
    Thank you for clarifying Std. and Pro. Obviously, one is a "standard" version, and one is a "professional" version. The Pro version has more goodies.

    I've noticed, however, that even some Std. versions have nice complementary characters, such as SC/OSF figures. Palatino LT STD. is an example of this. This OpenType version seems to be identical to Adobe's PostScript version, in terms of the design/weight of the font. Nice.

    So, will there at some point be an Adobe PalatinoPro? ;-)
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    Anonymous
    May 29, 2005
    Found this 38kB PDF while Googling;
    http://217.149.48.71/adobe/presentations/files/FFOTEFontList.pdf
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    Neil_Keller
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    May 5, 2005
    Jo,

    QuarkXPress is not fully OpenType savvy and cannot access beyond standard characters -- you have to wait for v7. That may be the problem. InDesign can do this.

    By the way, you don't use a "back slash" ( \ ) for fractions, for standard Web addresses, etc.

    Neil
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    _Jo_DeWald_
    Participant
    May 5, 2005
    Helvetica Fractions
    I just bought Adobe Font Folio Open Type Edition
    I'm trying to use the Helvetica Fractions font that came with it.
    My old Helvetica Fractions works by holding down the shift key and typing in the letters zxcvbnm, for the numerator, using the backslash and typing in the letters zxcvbnm, without holding down the shift key for the denominator.
    When I try to do that with this new Helvetica Fraction open type font, all I get are boxes with XXXXs in them.
    What am I doing wrong?
    I'm on a Mac using OS X 10.3.9 working in Quark XPress 6.5.
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    Neil_Keller
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    February 18, 2005
    LT = Linotype....(in CAPS!)<br /><br />Never saw that coming! <vbg> To me "Lt" was always the shorthand for "Light", as in "Helvetica Light", as in Mikey's post.<br /><br />Thanks for the clarification!<br /><br />Neil
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    Thomas PhinneyAuthor
    Inspiring
    February 18, 2005
    Random comments....

    Actually, LT in caps refers to Linotype, a type foundry from which Adobe has licensed quite a few typefaces. However, they are not all Adobe fonts, nor even a majority. All Adobe's OpenType format fonts have either "Std" (Standard) or "Pro" in the names. Pro is the distinguishing mark of additional language support - at least CE, sometimes more.

    But Neil's right about the renaming. Basically we didn't want the new fonts to conflict with the old.

    The reference book does come with Font Folio, and is also available separately.

    Adobe has always offered upgrade pricing for Font Folio, whenever a new version comes out.

    Regards,

    T
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