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Hey Font Lovers!
Do you know how to display all fonts in alphabetical order? When I'm trying to do this, a list is ending at page 200 and a letter K. How to show the fonts from K to Z?
Maybe I can modify that URL somehow to achieve this?
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It looks like there is a hard limit of 200 pages on listings. I've tried applying a language and writing system filter to just English rather than the default of "all," but it doesn't seem to take. Type families in Korean, Chinese, etc still appear visible in the search result.
Usually I'll browse based on sort settings like "newest" or browse type families from specific type foundries. Searching only Variable Fonts drops the result to just 29 pages (I like using Variable Fonts for certain kinds of projects).
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Hey Bobby, thank you so much for your response! Yes, I also noticed that the hard limit for subpages is 200, probably to optimize the load on the service.
It’s interesting what you tried with eliminating Asian languages to reduce the number of subpages - if it worked, it would definitely help me.
You suggested using variable fonts, but the side project I’m currently working on involves reviewing every single font in the catalog and sorting them by various themes - my team works on different thematic designs throughout the year, and having such a catalog tailored to our needs would be very useful. That’s why I need access to all fonts to ensure I don’t miss any.
I’ve been thinking about whether it’s possible to change the display order from "ASC" to "DESC." That would also help me, as I could start from Z. However, I don’t see any such variable in the URL...
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It would be pretty difficult to maintain a catalog of all the fonts available in the Adobe Fonts service. New type families are added to Adobe Fonts on a somewhat regular basis. Sometimes, but not very often, certain type families may be removed. I recall Font Bureau having a collection of their fonts hosted at Adobe Fonts, only to remove them after a short time. Several of the removed type families re-appeared under the banners of the typeface designers who created them. Anyway, the point is the catalog of typefaces at Adobe Fonts is an ever-changing thing.
I'd like to see additional style sorting options for Adobe Fonts. The current style listing tags on the Browse All page are fine for novice users, but they're incomplete. I'd like to see more advanced style tags for typefaces using traditional typography terms like old style, transitional, modern, slab serif, fraktur, grotesk, gothic, Swiss, etc.
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Hey Bobby,
yea, but I still think that it's worth to make such list. Some fonts are changing, that's true, but a lot of them are available through many years on AF.
The list of fonts I mentioned earlier should not be finalized once and for all—I will review new releases every month, and I see that there is such a search filter on the site to make it happen.
As for my issue, I went through the font lists separately—serif, sans-serif, slab, etc. In that case, the number of subpages was significantly smaller, and I had access to all the fonts.
Thanks for your help! Cheers!