Font Folio question

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Alex_Cougarman
Jul 28, 2008
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Hi, all. I wasn’t sure where else to ask this question. I’ve been interested in purchasing the entire Adobe library of fonts but have been confused by the various products I’ve seen on the web.

There are 3 products: Font Folio 11, Adobe Font Collection, and Font Folio OT 1.0. Which Adobe product contains the most fonts? I’ve seen one saying it contains 2300 while another says it contains 2100, etc. I’ve not found a page that provides comparison between these products. Your guidance is much appreciated. Thanks.
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John Joslin
Jul 28, 2008
Question 1: Do you really want to spend all that money?

Question 2: Do you understand the difference between Open Type fonts and True-Type fonts and how to use them?

Question 3: Why don’t you just build up a collection of typefaces you like and use?
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Alex_Cougarman
Jul 28, 2008
Thanks, John, for your reply. Here are my answers to your great questions:

1) Because we’re part of a university, we’d get the collection via an educational discount; so the price isn’t a concern.

2) Yep. I’ve been reading up on the technologies.

3) I’ve tried to collect free, quality fonts off the web for a while, but it’s time-consuming and you don’t always get the best results.
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Bob Levine
Jul 28, 2008
Font Folio 11 is the latest version. I’m not sure you can get an academic package. Adobe does sell an essentials versions which you can buy here:

http://journeyed.com/itemDetail.asp?ItmNo=37591036N

or at any number of other academic software resellers.

Bob
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Alex_Cougarman
Jul 28, 2008
Thanks, Robert. That’s what I needed to know.
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Bob Levine
Jul 28, 2008
You’re welcome, Alex.

Note that there is a type forum where the real type gurus, including Adobe’s own Thomas Phinney hangout.

Bob
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Alex_Cougarman
Jul 28, 2008
Before posting here, I did a search for all the Adobe forums and couldn’t find one on fonts — never thought of looking for "type"! Duh! It’s located here: <http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?14@@.3bbf276a>

Thanks, Robert 🙂

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