Engineering:Typekit

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Typekit
Adobe Typekit CC
ManufacturerAdobe Systems
TypeDesign Service
Release dateNovember 9, 2009 (2009-11-09)
Introductory priceFree trial
Annual subscriptions
Online servicesEmbedded fonts
Websitetypekit.com

Typekit is an online service which offers a subscription library of high-quality fonts.[1] The fonts may be used directly on websites or synced via Adobe Creative Cloud to applications on the subscriber's computers.[2]

Characteristics

Typekit is an online service which provides subscribers with access, under a single licensing agreement, to its font library.[3]

For web site use the service works with the @font-face CSS property and JavaScript.[1] Visitors to a web site who have disabled javascript in their browser will therefore not see the fonts.

History

Typekit was launched in November 2009 by Small Batch, Inc.,[1] a company run by creators of the Google Analytics service.[4] In October 2011, the service was acquired by Adobe.[5] On 15 October 2018, Typekit changed its name to Adobe Fonts.[6]

Alternatives

Typotheque launched the first commercial webfont service in October 2009.[7]

Google introduced a competing, free service named Google Web Fonts in May 2010.[8][9]

Clearleft and OmniTI launched Fontdeck in June 2010.[10]

Font Bureau and Ascender Corporation launched the Webtype service in October 2010.[11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Beres, Ivan (November 11, 2009). "TypeKit launches, hopes to save typography on the Web". TechCrunch. https://techcrunch.com/2009/11/11/typekit-launches-hopes-to-save-typography-on-the-web/. Retrieved August 11, 2012. 
  2. ↑ Rechs, Matthew. "The fonts you love from Typekit, now on your desktop". Typekit. http://blog.typekit.com/2014/01/16/the-fonts-you-love-from-typekit-now-on-your-desktop/. Retrieved 16 January 2014. 
  3. ↑ Veen, Jeffrey (May 27, 2009). "Introducing Typekit". Typekit. http://blog.typekit.com/2009/05/27/introducing-typekit/. Retrieved August 12, 2012. 
  4. ↑ Catone, Josh (May 28, 2009). "Typekit Offers a New Approach to Fonts on the Web". Mashable. http://mashable.com/2009/05/28/typekit/. Retrieved August 11, 2012. 
  5. ↑ "Adobe Acquires Web Typography Innovator Typekit". Adobe.com. Oct 3, 2011. https://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/201110/AdobeAcquiresTypekit.html. Retrieved August 11, 2012. 
  6. ↑ "Time for a change: Typekit has become Adobe Fonts". Typekit Blog. Oct 15, 2018. https://blog.typekit.com/2018/10/15/time-for-a-change-typekit-has-become-adobe-fonts/. Retrieved October 22, 2018. 
  7. ↑ "Typotheque —the first company to introduce Webfonts". October 20, 2009. http://typotheque.com/blog/typotheque_first_company_to_introduce_webfonts. Retrieved June 17, 2018. 
  8. ↑ "Introducing the Google Font API & Google Font Directory". Google Code. May 19, 2010. http://googlecode.blogspot.co.uk/2010/05/introducing-google-font-api-google-font.html. Retrieved August 11, 2012. 
  9. ↑ Johnson, Joshua (August 1, 2012). "A Beginner’s Guide to Using Google Web Fonts". Design Shack. http://designshack.net/articles/css/a-beginners-guide-to-using-google-web-fonts/. Retrieved August 11, 2012. 
  10. ↑ Fontdeck Blog (June 11, 2010). "Fontdeck is go!"
  11. ↑ Webtype Blog (October 27, 2010). “New Web Font Service Launched by Partnership of Experts”

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