Veen is still running Typekit, but also oversees Creative Cloud, and his touch is clear.

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When Adobe bought Typekit, they also got its CEO and founder, Jeffrey Veen.

FORBES: Adobe Announces Amazing Suite Of HTML5 Tools In Bid To Merge Open Source And Profit

Adobe Edge Web Fonts and Typekit make using all manner of fonts on the web easy and in some cases free.

FORBES: Adobe Announces Amazing Suite Of HTML5 Tools In Bid To Merge Open Source And Profit

Several companies have emerged to serve web fonts, but Typekit did it first and has built the easiest to use and most reasonably priced platform.

FORBES: Adobe Announces Amazing Suite Of HTML5 Tools In Bid To Merge Open Source And Profit

People familiar with both companies have told me that Adobe bought Typekit to become more like it, and that, indeed, seems to be the case.

FORBES: Adobe Announces Amazing Suite Of HTML5 Tools In Bid To Merge Open Source And Profit

Jeffrey Veen told the crowd today that he believes not only in making more fonts available through Typekit, but more fonts on the web altogether. 500 free, high-quality fonts with simplified code requirements is certainly a great place to start.

FORBES: Adobe Announces Amazing Suite Of HTML5 Tools In Bid To Merge Open Source And Profit

Along with building their own service (which now includes access to 1, 500 fonts with another 1, 000 classic fonts soon to come through an agreement with Monotype) Typekit has also been collaborating with Google for the last couple of years on its web font APIs.

FORBES: Adobe Announces Amazing Suite Of HTML5 Tools In Bid To Merge Open Source And Profit