Adobe Fonts vs iFontCloud

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.

iFontCloud is a cloud font service offering licensed font rentals and web fonts, with products from Arphic and Morisawa. Its catalog can be filtered by type, weight, language, application, style, and designer, and supports TTF/TTC and OTF formats. Rental licenses run annually, and fonts included in a plan may be used during its license period. The Windows and Mac desktop app lists Windows 10 with .NET Framework 4.6 or macOS 10.13 and later as requirements. Supported applications include Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects, InDesign, and Premiere Pro, along with Microsoft Office and Apple Keynote, Pages, and Numbers. Registered members can access four free fonts to check software compatibility. Members with an active font or package order can install included fonts on one iPad or iPhone through the app at no extra charge. One account can be used across multiple computers, but only one computer can be logged in at a time. The service also offers personal and commercial web font plans selected according to page views. Work completed during a license period may continue to be sold after the font plan is not renewed.