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Re: Dalton Maag is recruiting
I would settle for a 0.0001 cent royalty on each view of my fonts served by Google Fonts. They have the analytics.3 -
Re: Dalton Maag is recruiting
Actually, I am the actual type designer, and share the royalties with myself. It would be nice if Google paid royalties, too, as well as fee. While still providing the fonts libre. They could certain…6 -
Re: New Fontspring site
As much as I like Fontspring, I'll point my website purchase links to whatever site has the highest percentage, and (checks notes) for me that's Font Bros at 65%. When distributors join the 50% club,…1 -
Re: New Fontspring site
I foolishly expect royalty rate decreases will result in better promotion, and I'm made a fool every time.1 -
Re: Dalton Maag is recruiting
I always found it extremely rich when foundry heads complain about libre font commissions being a bad deal, since libre fonts are paid 100% as labour costs and 0% royalty residuals, when those people…6 -
Re: Dalton Maag is recruiting
I worked at DaMa from 2011–2015 and had a great time. I was 23 and yes the salary may seem low to US folks but it was actually better than most agencies and startups in London. I was hired as a junio…13 -
Re: Why don't we hear about more use of variable fonts on the Web?
No, I recommend to provide all OpenType fonts (both non-variable and variable) for web use as both .woff and .woff2. You could argue if .woff is still needed, but it won't harm to provide it as well.…2 -
Re: Why don't we hear about more use of variable fonts on the Web?
There should therefore be a means of licensing a custom-weights version of a VF for web use. An app on the distributor site could do that, and generate the VF with only the weight instances requested.1 -
Re: New Fontspring site
Just a reminder before it disappears from the Fontspring website and everyone thinks that the 50% payout for designers is set in stone and has always been that way and is also completely justified an…4 -
Re: What to do about our fonts after we die?
I wish there was a digital locker where I could store public domain versions of my fonts. Every five years, I'd be required to log in to prevent them from being released. Then when I get crushed by a…3
