1001 Fonts vs Adobe Fonts

1001 Fonts is a web directory for finding and downloading typefaces shared by their creators. Founded in 2001, it lists 63,211 fonts on its homepage and describes the collection as more than 60,000 free fonts. Visitors can search directly or browse categories and tags for style, weight, width, occasion, and decade. Preview controls allow custom sample text, font-size changes, and display adjustments before downloading. Fonts are available in TTF, OTF, WOFF, WOFF2, SVG, and EOT formats. Personal-use downloads are free under each font’s stated restrictions, while commercial permissions depend on the individual license and may require contacting the author. Creators can submit fonts through the site. The web service also provides a Font Identification Forum and support by email. The Free font downloads plan is listed at free. Fonts belong to their authors unless they are original public-domain fonts.

Adobe Fonts is a font library for desktop software and supported web projects. It offers more than 30,000 fonts from over 150 foundries, with catalog access depending on subscription. Users can browse typefaces and add individual styles or full families. The free plan costs nothing and provides a basic library of about 5,500 fonts; Adobe Fonts is also included with eligible Adobe subscriptions. Desktop fonts are added through the Creative Cloud desktop app for macOS and Windows and become available in desktop software. For websites, Web Projects provide controls for styles, weights, language subsets, OpenType features, and font-display settings, with publishing through Adobe’s embed code. Adobe states that its library fonts are licensed for personal and commercial use. Web fonts must use the supplied embed code rather than self-hosting or uploading font files to a website platform. The license does not cover app embedding or server installation. Adding desktop fonts requires a named-user Adobe subscription in Creative Cloud.