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Choosing the right font can be one of the hardest parts of your job as a digital designer—there are literally thousands to choose from. One of the largest and most respected collections of high-quality fonts is the Adobe Type Library, now available entirely in the cross-platform OpenType® format, which promises to make font incompatibilities a thing of the past. Any designer who has struggled to find just the right typeface for a project will find this comprehensive reference an indispensable guide to Adobe’s vast selection of over 2,200 typefaces.

Organized both alphabetically and by style, the newly revised and updated
Adobe Type Library Reference Book, Third Edition provides:

• Specimen pages displaying every font in Adobe’s enormous collection, including 60 new typefaces
• Typefaces from internationally renowned foundries and award-winning type designers
• Design inspiration and expert advice on type selection
• An expanded section on the OpenType format to help you make the most of its expanded character set and layout capabilities
  
• Explanations and illustrations of the distinguishing characteristics of different type styles—from a graceful Garalde Oldstyle to Adobe’s new Opticals—as well as ornaments and symbols
• A chart showing the Adobe Western 2 character set, including the right keyboard combinations to access different characters
• Listings for 31 Japanese fonts from Adobe

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #14141 in Books
• Published on: 2007-12-27
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 368 pages

From the Back Cover
Choosing the right font can be one of the hardest parts of your job as a digital designer—there are literally thousands to choose from. One of the largest and most respected collections of high-quality fonts is the Adobe Type Library, now available entirely in the cross-platform OpenType® format, which promises to make font incompatibilities a thing of the past. Any designer who has struggled to find just the right typeface for a project will find this comprehensive reference an indispensable guide to Adobe’s vast selection of over 2,200 typefaces.

Organized both alphabetically and by style, the newly revised and updated
Adobe Type Library Reference Book, Third Edition provides:

• Specimen pages displaying every font in Adobe’s enormous collection, including 60 new typefaces
• Typefaces from internationally renowned foundries and award-winning type designers
• Design inspiration and expert advice on type selection
• An expanded section on the OpenType format to help you make the most of its expanded character set and layout capabilities
  
• Explanations and illustrations of the distinguishing characteristics of different type styles—from a graceful Garalde Oldstyle to Adobe’s new Opticals—as well as ornaments and symbols
• A chart showing the Adobe Western 2 character set, including the right keyboard combinations to access different characters
• Listings for 31 Japanese fonts from Adobe

About the Author
Adobe Systems Incorporated helped launch the desktop publishing revolution in 1982 and is at the heart of the next publishing revolution, network publishing. Network publishing is about making reliable, visually rich information available to anyone, anywhere, on any device. Today, Adobe offers a comprehensive line of software for enterprise and creative professional customers. Its products enable customers to create, manage, and deliver visually rich, compelling, and reliable content.

Customer Reviews

Handy Reference Book
This book provides a convenient reference to Adobe's fine type face library. The faces are presented showing all characters available and a brief paragraph showing the font in use. I find this book to be better for type comparison than the more recent 2003 book.

Graphic Design Reference
Much like a dictionary of useful font styles. Very helpful for graphic design work and web page design when looking for specific type to blend in with graphics. Especially good for advertising brochures and flyers. Also contains Greek alphabet and numerous symbols.

Ultimate & Handy Reference for any serious font user
Any serious font user should have this book. Even you do not own the font, show it to your client and then buy when you need it.