Review by We don't do a ton of print work around here, so the need of a vast type library has never been a big issue. However, on several occassions we've done some branding work or print work and a nice selection of type faces has been helpful. Early on, we purchased the Adobe Type Basics collection and it's served as a great foundation resource for a number of projects.
If you're on a limited budget and need a good selection of classic type faces, you really can't beat the Type Basics collection. This collection includes among others: Bernhard Modern, Caslon, Cooper, Garamond, Gill Sans, Myriad, Palatino, and Trajan. Adobe has chosen a good cross-section of styles, which you'll see used all over the place. Most are nice, simple classics.
We bought this set several years ago when you had to choose more specifically what platform you were using and we've had some trouble getting the Postscipt fonts to work on our Macintosh, but it's now available as an Open Type font, so there shouldn't be any problems like that if your software supports Open Type.
There really aren't any serious negatives about this product. I mean, for 99 bucks USD, you really can't go wrong with so many useful faces. Sure, you may not use Brush Script, Adobe Wood Type, or god forbid Tekton (except in rare blueprinting applications) very often, but it's a classic collection with a ton of type faces you'll use all of the time.
This collection is a definite must-have for the aspiring designer.
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