Adobe Font Folio Features – 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 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 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).

Adobe Font Folio Features – Price and licensing advantage

• Create an educational experience that’s both rich and affordable. This collection is designed to put fine fonts in the hands of teachers and students alike — without cost barriers.
• Jump into 500 real fonts for real work. Low price doesn’t mean cheap fonts with Font Folio Education Essentials.
• Enjoy the freedom to use font software legally and build a library of fonts that will last a lifetime.
• Tap into all the support and learning resources Adobe has to offer and join the community of creative professionals.

Adobe Font Folio Features – Gold standard in fonts

• Design with world-class fonts. Adobe typefaces set the standard for expertly designed fonts that work.
• Use award-winning Adobe Originals typefaces, including one-of-a-kind designs and classic revivals created by leading type designers at Adobe.
• Work with a collection selected in collaboration with AIGA, leveraging the group’s experience and knowledge about how to create the best value for design education.
• Take advantage of standards that define today’s premium font format, OpenType®. Cross-platform functionality, extended character sets, and language support make OpenType the format of choice.

Adobe Font Folio Features – Creative freedom

Creative freedom

• Develop a curriculum that leverages the 500 essential fonts in Adobe® Font Folio® Education Essentials software, chosen specifically to enrich the educational experience and ease lesson planning.
• Spend time designing instead of searching for fonts. You’ll find a full range of styles and complete families, freeing you from hours of searching and downloading.
• Learn about fonts through the ages with a selection of fonts for teaching about the evolution of type, from 15th-century old style to 21st-century text and display typefaces.
• Combine typefaces effectively, learning to work with varying x-heights, counterspaces, contrast, and stress, all clearly exemplified in this collection.
• Work with font families that were chosen for their visible variation between sizes, weight, proportion, and posture and that provide the best range of design options in a certain style.
• Create professional-quality print pieces, websites, interactive experiences, and mobile content thanks to fonts that are beautifully designed.
• Build a solid foundation for a career as a creative professional, for your students or yourself, using quality fonts essential for instruction on fine type in design.

Adobe Font Folio Education Essentials

Adobe Font Folio Education Essentials software is an OpenType® font collection for teaching and learning about fine typography. Enrich your curriculum or enhance creative projects with 500 elegant and trusted fonts from 25 type families. The collection has been assembled in collaboration with AIGA, the professional association for design, specifically to provide depth, breadth, and value for higher education.

Top features in Font Folio Education Essentials

• 500 essential fonts for teaching the principles of typography
• Fonts chosen for education in collaboration with AIGA
• A full collection that has depth, breadth, contrast, and historical variety
• OpenType format with true cross-platform compatibility and support for widely expanded character sets
• Affordable pricing that helps eliminate cost barriers and encourages the legal use of fonts
• Adobe Font Folio Education Essentials Reference Guide showcasing these fonts
• Video feature on OpenType technology and how it extends your creative freedom
• “Type + Motion” video feature that showcases creative examples of type used in movie titles, DVD menus, motion effects, and more