Last update: Mon Apr 24 09:27:42 2000
Adobe Systems markets several thousand PostScript fonts. They are most conveniently available in encrypted form on the Adobe Type-on-Call CD ROM; decryption keys can be purchased by a simple telephone call to a number given below.
Adobe recently (summer 1998) announced special typefaces designed for better readability on computer screens: visit http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/webtype/details.html for details.
Adobe Systems IncorporatedMore than 2000 fonts on display.
That page points to another which in turn points to a PDF file with a list of font names. However, on 09 February 1999, that link was incorrect; the correct one is ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/type/all/fntnames.pdf The problem has been reported to the site's webmaster.
The fntnames.pdf file is a 93-page encrypted technical report with about 80 pages of tables of font names, and their abbreviated names on the Apple Macintosh and Microsoft Windows systems, and the brief filename prefix used for font files conforming to the IBM PC DOS 8+3 filename restriction.
This directory tree contained 2737 .afm files on 09 February 1999. The file dates show 170 modified in 1996, and the remaining 2567 in 1997.
2179 font names
714 font families
2160 font names
33 font names
33 font names