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Jeremy,

Each foundry has its own licensing rules. And there are different rules even within one foundry and for "the same" fonts!

Fonts, like other commercial software, is generally licensed for use; the intellectural property that is the software itself is not "sold". First stop would be to check the end-user license agreement (EULA).

Adobe allows for you to install fonts on so many machines (1, 5, 10, etc.) connected to the same printer and to embed most fonts in PDFs and distribute such PDFs as you wish. But it does not allow for even the temporary "lending" of fonts to a client or designer or to a service provider or printer to create art or to run out color proofs or film or digital printing or plating -- unless, that person or service provider or printer also has a license for the very same fonts. The specific terms are included with each font software license.

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Instead of providing native InDesign, QuarkXPress, Photoshop or Illustrator files, your outside agencies can use almost any fonts they want, as long as they are embedded in PDF-format final art. And you do not need to have your own license for these fonts. But here too, check the EULA -- some foundries do not allow for font embedding in PDFs, although Adobe generally does.

But, sure, if you have Font Folio, you can certainly tell your outside sources to only use fonts that appear on that folio (and remember that PostScript and OpenType versions of your fonts are considered different fonts from a liecnesing standpoint.

I hope this helps.

Neil