Adobe Font Development Kit for OpenType

The goal of the Adobe Font Development Kit for OpenType package is to share the tools used by Adobe font developers for wrapping up PostScript fonts as OpenType/CFF font files, and adding OpenType layout features. These tools are used for in-house development of new Adobe OpenType fonts. Use them at your own risk, and with no guarantee of support! We know that they work for the fonts Adobe makes, but have tested only part of what it is possible to express with OpenType. Note! Although the FDK directory tree contains a number of Python scripts, none of them can be used by double-clicking on them; they can only be successfully called as commands from a command-line window (the “Terminal” program on Mac, the “cmd” or “DOS” program on Windows).

Note also that the Adobe Font Development Kit is for adding OpenType data to existing fully-designed PostScript and Truetype fonts, and for proofing them. It does not offer tools for designing or editing glyphs. The makeotf proofing tools work with TrueType-based source fonts, but the checkOutlines and autohint tools work only with PostScript source fonts or OpenType fonts with Postscript outlines.

For questions about use of the FDK tools, please try first the FontLab forums at http://forum.fontlab.com/. FontLab and the AFDKO share a common code base for creating GPOS and GSUB layout features, and many issues will be the same. AFDKO issues are specifically covered in the forum http://forum.fontlab. com/adobe/afdko/. An alternative forum for the AFDKO is the Google Groups mailing list UAFDKOML.

Adobe Font Folio 11 – Language versions

Languages: English, French, German.

Please note that, while the product packaging is supplied only in English, French, and German, all fonts in Adobe Font Folio 11 contain character sets that support a wide range of languages from around the world. All alphanumeric fonts in Font Folio support these basic languages: Afrikaans, Basque, Breton, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Gaelic, German, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Sami, Spanish, Swahili, and Swedish. Certain OpenType fonts from Adobe also contain characters to support the following central European languages: Croatian, Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Romanian, Serbian (Latin), Slovak, Slovenian, and Turkish. Several fonts in the collection also support modern and polytonic Greek, as well as a full range of Cyrillic languages such as Russian and Bulgarian. Adobe Font Folio 11 also contains a series of Japanese fonts.

Adobe Font Folio 11 Benefits – Enjoy OpenType flexibility

• Simplify font management thanks to a single, cross-platform font file. The OpenType format displays and prints fonts seamlessly on the Mac and in Microsoft® Windows® and can be used alongside existing font formats in all of your documents.
• Revive fine typography with swashes, small caps, and old-style figures — glyphs that are now all contained in one OpenType font file.
• Publish multilingual documents using OpenType Pro fonts that support Central and Eastern European languages, as well as several that support Japanese, Korean, Greek, and Cyrillic.
• Go global with support for Unicode, a platform-independent, international text encoding standard that supports virtually all languages.
• Leverage the latest OpenType specification, including support for Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF). With Adobe Font Folio® 11, Adobe continues its longstanding commitment to developing the highest quality OpenType fonts.

Adobe Font Folio 11 Benefits – Create for any medium

Create for any medium

• Print confidently, knowing that Adobe fonts offer reliable quality whether output to inkjet printers, laser printers, imagesetters, or platesetters.
• Prepare classic or cutting-edge title effects for all your digital video and multimedia projects.
• Create animated GIF images and other typographically rich elements for your web pages.
• Complement your Adobe PDF workflow with Adobe typefaces, which can be embedded in Adobe PDF documents in their entirety or as compact subsets.

Adobe Font Folio 11 Benefits – Design with superior typefaces

Design with superior typefaces

• Expand your design options with more than 2,300 high-quality OpenType® fonts (including 170 new fonts) from world-renowned foundries, including Adobe, ITC, Linotype, and Monotype Imaging; cutting-edge firms such as LetterPerfect and MVB Fonts; and talented individual designers, such as Timothy Donaldson and Jill Bell.
• Use award-winning Adobe® Originals typefaces, including one-of-a-kind designs and classic revivals created by expert type designers at Adobe.
• Use opticals packages that provide four or more separate designs, each optimized for a different range of point sizes, from small text for footnotes to large type for headlines.
• Enjoy updates to the Adobe Type Library, including revisions to many fonts to make them more consistent in layout behavior.

Adobe Font Folio 11 Flattener script

If you bought or got Adobe’s Font Folio, the way it’s structured is that each font is in it’s own subfolder. This doesn’t immediately lend itself to just navigate to the folder in Windows and highlighting all the fonts to install.

In Windows 7 you can navigate to the top level folder and put “*.otf” in the search input of Windows Explorer and it’ll build a list of the font files on the file.

But for the hell of it, I wanted to try out C# with .NET to see what developing in that environment is like. It’s very simple, and there are probably even quicker ways to do it (e.g. I’ve seen some recursive methods), so feel free to modify if you’d like.

If you want to use it, here’s what you gotta do:

1. Download the package
2. The package contains a FlattenFolio.exe and the corresponding source.
3. Copy your Font Folio software to C:\FontFolio11
4. Create an empty c:\FontFolioFlattened
5. Run the FlattenFolio.exe file
6. All the files in the Western Fonts subfolder should now be in the FontFolioFlattened dir.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;

namespace FlattenFolio
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
DirectoryInfo di = new DirectoryInfo("C:/FontFolio11/Western Fonts");
DirectoryInfo[] dirs = di.GetDirectories();
foreach(DirectoryInfo subDir in dirs)
{
Console.WriteLine("Processing:" + subDir.FullName);
FileInfo[] fontFiles = subDir.GetFiles();
foreach (FileInfo aFile in fontFiles)
{
Console.WriteLine("Copying:" + aFile);
File.Copy(subDir.FullName + "/" + aFile.Name, "C:/FontFolioFlattened/" + aFile.Name,true);
}
}
}
}
}

Adobe Font Folio 11 – System requirements

System requirements:

Windows

Processor: Intel® Pentium®, Intel Centrino®, Intel Xeon®, or Intel Core™ Duo processor

Operating system: Microsoft® Windows® 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Vista®

Memory: 16MB of RAM (32MB recommended)

Note: Adobe® Font Folio® 11 also runs on Microsoft Windows 98, Windows Millennium Edition, and Windows NT® 4.0 with Service Pack 4 if you install Adobe Type Manager® (ATM™) Light 4.1 (available separately) on your system. If using a PostScript® printer on Windows 98/ME, AdobePS™ printer driver 4.3 or later is recommended. If using a PostScript printer on Windows NT 4.0, AdobePS printer driver 5.1.2 or later is recommended.

Macintosh

Processor: PowerPC® G4 or G5 or multicore Intel processor

Operating system: Mac OS X

Memory: 16MB of RAM (32MB recommended)

Note: Font Folio 11 runs on Mac OS 8.6 through 9.2 with ATM Light 4.6 and in Classic mode on Mac OS X with ATM Light 4.6.2. If using a PostScript printer, the latest AdobePS printer driver is recommended.

Adobe Font Folio 11 – Upgrade details

Adobe Font Folio 11 software now provides more than 2,300 fonts, including new Adobe fonts, all in OpenType® format. Upgrade from Font Folio 8, 9, or OpenType Edition from US$1,599. Get a configuration that’s just right for your workgroup with your choice of a 5-, 10-, or 20-computer license.

Adobe Delivers Font Folio 11 – Complete OpenType Solution

Adobe Font Folio 11 is the most comprehensive type solution for print, the Web, digital video and electronic documents. With more than 2,300 fonts from the Adobe Type Library in OpenType® format Font Folio 11 provides enhanced linguistic support, advanced typographic features, and true cross-platform compatibility, providing access to thousands of font options for designers, printers and advertisers in search of original and classic typefaces.

Natively supported across Mac OS X, Microsoft® Windows Vista®, and Windows XP and based on the recent revision and update of the Adobe Type Library, Font Folio 11 includes 176 new fonts from world-renowned foundries and cutting-edge designers. The package also
includes award-winning Adobe Originals typefaces — one-of-a-kind designs and classic revivals created by expert type designers at Adobe.

“With Font Folio 11, we have taken our world-class standard library of OpenType fonts and added exciting new typefaces, including Arno Pro and Garamond Premier Pro,” said Don Walker, senior director, Print and Classic Publishing Solutions at Adobe. “We’ve also further refined our implementation of OpenType, continuing our 25-year tradition of making the world’s highest-quality digital fonts.”

Design with Superior Typefaces
Adobe fonts offer reliable quality whether output to inkjet printers, laser printers, imagesetters, or platesetters. Advertisers can enhance marketing materials by creating animated GIFs and other typographically rich elements for Web pages or by adding high-impact title effects to digital video and multimedia projects.

Font Folio 11 offers special Opticals packages that provide four or more separate designs for each font, each optimized for a different range of point sizes, from tiny text for footnotes to large type for headlines. Many of the OpenType fonts in Adobe Font Folio 11 contain an expanded glyph set and advanced typographic features, providing designers with the ability to enhance their compositions with typographic extras such as swashes, small caps, and old-style figures.

Create with OpenType Flexibility
The OpenType format displays and prints fonts seamlessly on Macs and PCs and can be used alongside existing font formats in all documents. The OpenType features of Adobe InDesign® CS3 also take advantage of extended features of many of the fonts in Font Folio 11. In addition, printers can easily publish multilingual documents with Font Folio 11 Unicode support, including Central and Eastern European languages, as well as Japanese, Greek, and Cyrillic.

Pricing and Availability
The Adobe Font Folio product is available starting September 6, 2007 and will be sold primarily through Adobe.com, Adobe retail and licensing channels, and includes a standard 20-computer license for US$8,999. Upgrade pricing, from Font Folio versions 8 or 9 or Font Folio OpenType Edition, is available starting at US$1,599. Adobe is also releasing a special 5-computer license of Font Folio OpenType Edition for smaller design workplaces that is available for US$2,599. International English versions are available where localized versions are not sold. For more information please visit http://www.adobe.com/products/fontfolio.

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Adobe Font Folio 11

Adobe Font Folio 11 software is a collection of more than 2,300 fonts from the Adobe Type Library in OpenType® format, which provides enhanced linguistic support, advanced typographic features, and true cross-platform compatibility. Use Font Folio 11 to expand your design options in virtually any medium — including print, web, video, and electronic documents.