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Google Webfonts finally has a competitor (edgewebfonts.adobe.com)
over 9 years ago from Robert Busby, Wannabe CSS god
25 comments
Sacha Greif, over 9 years ago
Thanks, I didn't know about this. But is it really a new service? Seems like it's been around for a while:
Robert Busby, over 9 years ago
Someone sent it to me saying it was a new service. I just took their word for it and searched for it on here, found no results so assumed he was right.
Miguel Solorio, over 9 years ago Yep, this become available when Adobe announced CC and their new products.
Jim Silverman, over 9 years ago
in defense of the OP, it seems that no one knew this existed.
Mike DeLeon, over 9 years ago
Leave it to Adobe to go and bloat their font angle. Why not use Typekit as the one stop shop? Seems redundant.
Chris Frees, over 9 years ago
Google Webfonts FINALLY has a competitor? Edge Fonts came out in September of last year..
Read the thread. People make mistakes. Not everyone knows everything about the internet like you do.
Blaine K, over 9 years ago
"Be nice. Or else."
To be fair, that's pretty nice of me.
Wasn't saying that in a mean way. Just specifying that it's not new.
Alex Morris, over 9 years ago
umm - the service has been around for a while :)
http://blog.typekit.com/2012/09/24/introducing-adobe-edge-web-fonts/
Yes, we already established that in this thread.
It also appears that not very many people knew about it, so maybe you could have posted about it when you heard about it.
Oh, the first link was to an update earlier this year. I was just pointing out the service has been around for over a year :)
Which is to say, something must have gone wrong with how that service was promoted/announced if this is the first time people have heard of it?
Mariusz Ciesla, over 9 years ago
Not sure if want. Mostly because it's the same fonts.
Nicholas Hendrickx, over 9 years ago
Typekit recently announced they teamed up with Google Web Fonts so you can load Google Web Fonts into Typekit.
But now this? Would it be the same thing or is it just getting messy?
Account deleted over 9 years ago Is this a sign-up thing? I couldn't find out if edgeweb needed some sort of account. That's what makes Google fonts so attractive, no account necessary (and thus no way for passwords to be leaked/stolen).
Alec Molloy, over 9 years ago
Nope, it doesn't require an account. More info on it is available here: https://edgewebfonts.adobe.com/index
Emily Campbell, over 9 years ago How much of these overlap with google fonts? Are there any that are unique to this collection that I am not seeing at first glance?
https://edgewebfonts.adobe.com/help#about
sounds like it's the same fonts.
Emily Campbell, over 9 years ago Lipstick on a pig...
Welp, I look like an idiot. Still, I'll be sticking with Google.
Emily Campbell, over 9 years ago No you don't! The google fonts interface is incredibly frustrating. It's interesting to see Adobe lend the Typekit browsing filters to the google font library. Even if the content is the same, it's a novel approach based on proven attributes. Whether the service brings anything new to the table or not, it's an excellent example of solution-oriented design. +1 for sharing!
Dirk HCM van Boxtel, over 9 years ago (edited over 9 years ago )
Seconded. Nobody looks like a fool in this one. I wonder what Google gains here though. Statistics? Reduced hosting costs?
Although I'm not quite sure about the use of script over link.
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