Adobe Font Folio was a typeface library distributed by Adobe Systems.
Product history[]
- The folio was first announced under the name of Adobe Type Folio at the Seybold Desktop Publishing Conference in September 1988.[1] It was available from November 1988 with over 300 PostScript Type 1 fonts produced by Adobe on a 45MB external hard disk for US$9,600 that could be attached to a computer or a PostScript printer with a SCSI port,[2][3] such as the LaserWriter IINTX.[4]
- In 1990, Font Folio shipped with 650 fonts on a CD-ROM (bundled with an external NEC CD-ROM drive) for $15,900 or a 80MB external hard disk for $16,900 that could be attached to a PostScript printer with a SCSI port.[5][6]
- In 1992, Font Folio shipped with 250 Adobe Type Library packages on a 105MB external hard disk for $14,000 that could be attached to a computer or PostScript printer with a SCSI port.[7]
- By 1994, the Font Folio CD-ROM contained about 1,800 Type 1 fonts.[8]
- Version 6.0 of the CD-ROM was released in March 1994 with 360 Adobe Type Library packages, containing over 1,800 to 1,900 Type 1 fonts.[9][10]
- Version 7.0 of the CD-ROM was released on March 13, 1995 with over 2,000 Type 1 fonts.
- Version 7.1 of the CD-ROM was released in 1996 with over 2,100 Type 1 fonts.
- Version 8.0 of the CD-ROM was released in September 1997 with over 2,300 Type 1 fonts.
- Version 9.0 of the CD-ROM was released in January 2001 with a peak of over 2,750 fonts, mostly Type 1 and introducing some OpenType versions for $8,999.[11]
Transition to OpenType[]
On April 29, 2002, Adobe announced that it had converted its entire typeface library to OpenType.[12]
- Version 10, known as the "OpenType Edition", was released on August 11, 2003 with over 2,200 fonts, now exclusively in OpenType format.
- Version 11 was released on September 5, 2007 with over 2,300 OpenType fonts for $2,599.
- Version 11.1, was released in November 2011 with over 2,400 OpenType fonts for $2,999.
References[]
- ↑ Adobe Type Folio for Mac Announced at Seybold Conference, InfoWorld, p.6. 1988-09-19.
- ↑ Type Library on Hard Disk by Coyne & Blanchard, Communication Arts '88 Design Annual vol.30, p.232. 1988.
- ↑ Adobe Systems Inc., Editor & Publisher vol.122, p.28. 1989.
- ↑ Volume 5, Microtimes, p.53. 1988.
- ↑ Adobe Fonts Ship, InfoWorld. 1990-12-03.
- ↑ Monotone Electronics Prepress Systems (MEPS), Dunn Report: Electronic Publishing & Prepress Systems vol.8, p.226. 1990.
- ↑ Macintosh products, ComputerWorld p.38. 1992-03-30.
- ↑ Matching Fonts Across Platforms, PC World vol.12. 1994.
- ↑ Adobe Font Folio by Adobe Systems, Adobe Catalog Spring 1994, p.25. 1994.
- ↑ Acrobat Reader per DOS e Adobe Font Folio 6.0 (Italian), MCmicrocomputer n.138, p.76. 1994-03.
- ↑ Adobe's Font Folio gets 500 new fonts by Brad Gibson, Macworld. 2001-02-05.
- ↑ Adobe Converts Entire Type Library Into OpenType, Adobe Systems. 2002-04-29. Archived 2002-05-01.
See also[]
- Adobe Type On Call, a more affordable type library in which most of the fonts were encrypted and the buyer unlocked them through a pay-as-you-go method.
External links[]
- Adobe Font Folio at Adobe
- Adobe Font Folio 11.1 (archived 2011-11-20, 2012-08-24)
- Adobe Font Folio 11.1 list (PDF, 2012-08-06)
- Adobe Font Folio 11 (archived 2007-09-20)
- Adobe Font Folio: OpenType Edition (2003-10-01, 2006-05-02)
- Adobe Font Folio 9.0 (archived 2001-06-08)
- Adobe Font Folio 8.0 (archived 1998-02-04, 2000-01-19)
- Adobe Font Folio 7.1 (archived 1996-10-27)
- Adobe Font Folio 11.1 (archived 2011-11-20, 2012-08-24)
- Adobe Font Folio at Wikipedia
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