Adobe Font Folio Education Essentials
The essential font collection for design education
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.
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Font Folio Education Essentials "allows students to make appropriate type choices for the context and content of their work and helps faculty teach the history of design."
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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
Resources
Adobe Fonts
Browse the extensive Adobe font library. Learn about font technology and the advantages of OpenType. Meet type designers and explore ways to be creative with typography.
Design Center
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