Adobe Fonts vs Fontshare
Adobe Fonts
fonts.adobe.com
Fontshare
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| Figure | Adobe Fonts | Fontshare |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 2 |
| Spec score · Font Marketplaces | 9.1 (#1) | 8.6 (#3) |
| Spec score · Web Font Marketplaces | 9.0 (#1) | 8.5 (#3) |
| Company founded | Adobe says it was founded in December 1982 by Charles Geschke and John Warnock. | LinkedIn lists Indian Type Foundry as founded in 2009. |
| Headquarters | San Jose, California, USA | Ahmedabad, India |
| Self-hosting | Adobe's web-font terms require serving fonts through Adobe's provided embed code rather than hosting the font files yourself. | Users can download the files and host the web fonts on their own infrastructure. |
| Support | Adobe's Fonts User Guide links users to the Fonts community and Adobe customer support. | Indian Type Foundry has no obligation to provide updates, upgrades, maintenance, technical support or other support services under the license. |
| What it does | Adobe Fonts provides a library of more than 30,000 typefaces for use in creative projects through an Adobe subscription. | Fontshare is a free font service created by Indian Type Foundry for browsing, testing, downloading and embedding typefaces. |
Plans
Adobe Fonts
- Adobe Fonts FreeFree
- Adobe Fonts ProPrice not published
- Adobe Fonts StandardPrice not published
In their own words
Adobe 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.