Indices : Typefaces : Font Starter Packs

A recommended list of commercial fonts available in affordable collections, usually on CD. Of interest to students and designers looking to begin building a professional typeface collection.

Canada Type Collection 01

Includes Adore, Blackhaus, Coffe Script, Dominique, Flirt, Fontella, Pendulum, Quanta, Runway, Sailor, Torquemada, Treasury, Heathen and Mayfair. - $299.99

Canada Type Collection 02

Includes Ambassador Script, Clarendon Text, Fantini, Jezebel, Jupiter, Mascara, Militia, Militia Sans, Merc, Vip, Vox, Silk Script, Sterling Script, and Swan Song. - $447.95

Alpha 1 Single License

By Storm Type Foundry, 434 Fonts both for text and display, single user license. € 299

Storm Open Library 2.2

Also by Storm Type Foundry, 164 Fonts, including Amor Sans & Serif, Baskerville Original Pro, Vida and Walbaum Pro. € 490

Adobe Collections

A variety of Adobe type packages.

The Cambridge Collection

200 classic faces from Bitstream - $199

Linotype Funeral Value Pack

Admittedly of limited use, a nice set of typefaces useful for setting funeral announcements.

FontStars 2007

29 OpenType fonts from 14 foundries. The best new additions to the FontShop collection in 2007. $599.00

FontAgent Pro PLUS (Download) - Mac OS X

FontAgent Pro software with 750 professional Open Type fonts from Bitstream and including the full Breaking The Norm set bundled.

Fonts Bundled with Software

Corel Draw bundled fonts

Corel Draw (and, apparently, Corel Wordperfect) comes bundled with a collection of 1000 fonts. The quality of these fonts is debatable.

Adobe Creative Suite bundled fonts

Adobe Creative Suite products come bundled with a large collection of fonts.

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