Font Folio OpenType Edition

Thomas Phinney

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Aug 11, 2003, 12:40:28 PM8/11/03

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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>

(Note: Links to product page for ordering will be added when it is available.)

Marilyn Langfeld

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Aug 11, 2003, 9:04:47 PM8/11/03

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Sounds great, Thomas. Especially the reduced price for smaller offices. That makes Font Folio a much more likely purchase for those of us who would like to move to Open Type.

If I were to purchase a few of the OpenType optical families I'd love to own along with several old standards in OpenType, I could easily spend $5000 (that is if I had it to spend!) so the economics makes owning the whole Adobe OpenType library a steal.

Thomas Phinney

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Aug 12, 2003, 1:29:21 AM8/12/03

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Hi, Marilyn,

Glad to hear that you find the 10-seat license a nice alternative. That was the plan....

Cheers,

T