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Font Folio OpenType Edition

  • August 11, 2003
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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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    Known Participant
    February 5, 2005
    Thanks, Thomas. Much appreciated.

    Neil
    Inspiring
    February 5, 2005
    I saved a copy of the listing. It needs a little more processing to be less rough, which I am part way through. I can then link it to the message at the top of this thread.

    T
    Known Participant
    February 5, 2005
    Just tell 'em you need the disc to do the job they're paying you for. <vbg><br /><br />Neil<br />[...who also wound up at a dead end when I did a search...]
    Known Participant
    February 5, 2005
    Just tell 'em you need the disc to do the job they're paying you for. <vbg><br /><br />Neil
    Participant
    February 4, 2005
    Hi. I read through this whole post, and looked around through the rest of the site. All the links I've found to Alex Bepple's font list seem to be inactive. Are there plans to re-post this information? <br /><br />I don't relish the thought of going through the library and cataloguing all 2200 fonts by hand... and my company won't buy the package until they have the whole list. (They're planning on picking up at least one of the 10 license deals, but not if they can't see EXACTLY what is in it first). Corporations. What're you gonna do? <g><br /><br />Sigh.<br /><br />Any help would be appreciated.
    Participating Frequently
    November 19, 2004
    Thanks for re-iterating that Neil, I didn't think it would be a problem, but did say to check the EULA as I wasn't sure. I would hate for someone to miss what I said about checking and end up getting burnt later down the track.

    Well Raphael afraid I won't be as we have more fonts than we will ever need at the company I work for.

    Cheers,
    Sam.
    Known Participant
    November 18, 2004
    Unit and Raphael,

    Read the EULA first! I believe there is a limitation as to where the fonts can be installed; generally machines would be on the same network and/or connected to the same printer(s). So, unless you guys are sharing space, I don't believe your scenario can be a legal option.

    Neil
    Participating Frequently
    November 18, 2004
    I'm in!
    Participating Frequently
    November 17, 2004
    Just a thought but what about finding 4 other single users to buy as a co-op? I would check the specific details of eula but don't see why this would be a problem.
    Participating Frequently
    November 17, 2004
    I think the problem is that due to the fonts having licences ranging
    from between 5 and 15 users, then individual users (like me) can't
    benefit from the great price that Adobe is offering. As I have said
    before in this thread, $5K is good value for 5 people, but I am one
    person and I feel penalised that it costs me 5x more.

    I understand the reasons why, but it's kinda of unfair (guess I'll
    have to expand my business five fold...