The Adobe brand is a household name synonymous with design and creativity. What few people know is that their creativity reaches into the font world as well, offering font downloading services. Their font store, Adobe Fonts, is a hidden gem full of delightful typefaces.
Adobe Fonts may have a smaller selection than their competitors simply because they mainly sell Adobe Original Fonts and they focus on large font packages. Their most popular is the Adobe Font Folio. Containing more than 2,300 fonts, support for language enhancements, advanced typographic features and Mac/Windows compatibility, it’s definitely something to save up for. If you purchase the Adobe Font Folio, they will work to get a configuration that fits your situation with your choice of a 5, 10 or 20-computer license. Better start saving now though, this baby will set you back $2,499.00.
Smaller packages and individual fonts are also available which makes it nice for any size pocket book. The Adobe Value Pack OpenType Edition is only $69 and includes 29 fonts or you can purchase each individually for $29.
The Adobe Font store offers several different perks on their website that make purchasing and downloading fonts an enjoyable experience.
- End User License: associated with all fonts.
- Glyph Complements: under each font’s description, you have the option to view a PDF Glyph Complement, which identifies each character included in the font.
- Related Products: shows you related OpenType Packages at the bottom of a font you are previewing.
- Font Index: a listing of fonts that meet certain criteria. For example, “Advertisements Fonts- grab attention in limited spaces” or “Newsletter Fonts- sturdy designs that convey style, information.” Items will remain in your cart for 120 days.
- Convenient Sidebar View of Shopping Cart: after putting a font in your cart, it will pop up on the right hand navigation bar making it easy to preview your total and edit the contents of your cart.
- Embedding Options: each font description includes how it can be embedded in documents after purchase.
Adobe Fonts does everything in a very professional way and that includes their search options. On the right-hand navigation bar, you are greeted with several search choices: alphabetically, by style, theme, classification, designer, and our favorite, by use. If you search by use, you can select from categories such as awards, logos, menus, maps, annual reports, invitations and more.
Although Adobe Fonts has the standard methods of help & support like a toll-free number, FAQs and email assistance, they go even further to satisfy their customer. With Adobe Fonts, there is no need to wait for a returned email or wait on hold; they provide online support where you instantly chat with a customer support representative to answer your question. How awesome is that? Instant gratification.
Adobe proves to the world again how good they are at everything they do by providing classy, professional and fun fonts to the world. Adobe Fonts is an excellent place to start searching for that perfect font by using their search by use category. Then, if you don’t find what you want, make sure to visit the other font downloading services we have reviewed. We also have several informative articles, detailing information on the font industry that a font seeker will benefit from reading.
