Adobe® Edge Web Fonts

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  • Hue

    Is it adobes answer to Google Fonts? Has anyone tried this yet?http://html.adobe.com/edge/w...
    Is there much info about it?

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  • Hue0

    I wonder why my link isn't working. Anyway, Adobe® Edge Web Fonts looks interesting and it seems to be free like Google fonts.

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  • vaxorcist0

    RANT... sorry, but this is on my mind...

    Adobe Fonts seem interesting...

    I was DEARLY hoping for some strongly different choices than Google Fonts, but it seems like a bad cable TV package, i.e. lots of stuff that's "possibly good" but not much of "what you recognize and really want"

    WHY!??! the list of available fonts highlights the fact that web fonts (not in GIFs) will be apparently stuck in the land of "non-classic" and "non-licensed" fonts for a longer time than I wished... i.e. no Helvetica,Futura,Franklin Gothic,Univers,etc...

    http://www.edgefonts.com/#terms

    I realise that font houses like to get paid, but I fear that this deprives the web of "real fonts".... and a generation of people who only read screens will rarely experience "real" classic fonts.... and students tend to gear towards a Mix-And-Match randomness, rather than elegant fundamentals of typography.... argh!

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    • Adobe also owns TypeKit, if you need more selection. They just licensed 1000 faces from Monotype, including a ton of classic ones. To keep this going, somebody needs to get paid.nuggler
    • classic ones. To keep this going, somebody needs to get paid!nuggler
    • yes... it CAN be done, and yes, somebody needs to GET PAID... I just wish Adobe made it cheaper/easier!vaxorcist
    • Adobe has a unique market position to make classic fonts "normal use" but they seem to default to segmenting the market....vaxorcist
    • market, a "few elite real-font designers" vs a "horde of unwashed web-heads"vaxorcist
    • A coder with a preference for good typography? A rare combination.ETM
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  • ETM0

    They didn't include Myriad? It's their font. Could finally ensure PC's without Adobe products installed could view it.

    Oh well, Myriad is so 2008 anyway.

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