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Re: Is selling on MyFonts a good idea?
Hopefully the scenario @"James Puckett" is referring to is only hypothetical. I've had a Creative Market shop for a couple years, and have not seen any examples of this. Whenever there…1 -
Re: Is selling on MyFonts a good idea?
We sell licenses to some fonts under an agreement with the client for whom we originally developed them, paying them a royalty. Under the agreement, we would pay them the royalty on all sales at the …1 -
Re: Is selling on MyFonts a good idea?
The vendor agreeing to pay the foundry full retail price regardless of what the actual sale price is. Just like when a physical retailer buys something at the usual wholesale price then sells it as a…6 -
Jonathan Hoefler on type ai (on threads)
https://www.threads.net/@jonathanhoefler/post/CzvC74wOre6 Thoughtful thread by Jonathan Hoefler6 -
Re: Is selling on MyFonts a good idea?
They are called “resale price maintenance agreements” (RPM), and although no longer inherently automatically illegal (“per se violations”) at the federal level in the USA (since 1997 for maximum pric…2 -
Re: Is selling on MyFonts a good idea?
Aren't there legal hitches to the idea of a manufacturer dictating the price of a distributor? Isn't that why there's the S in MSRP? What price controls can be put into a foundry-distr…1 -
Re: Coming from where, at what age?
I made my first attempt at type design at age 21 in 1977 (rejected by ITC). In the mean time, I worked variously as an art director, graphic designer, sometimes illustrator, sometimes lettering artis…5 -
Re: Giving away fonts (typefaces)
That will depend on a number of factors, including who the client is and how they intend to use the typeface (which in turn relates to what kind of typeface it is). At a minimum, the cost must cover …7 -
Re: Visual Alternatives to Times New Roman?
Before personal computers, I don't remember teachers insisting on any particular standard "font" for typewritten papers. Generally, there were two options: 10 pitch and 12 pitch, indic…1 -
Re: Is selling on MyFonts a good idea?
@"James Puckett" I'm sorry you feel that way. Our contract allows us to adjust pricing to "maximize your overall performance", to "help secure additional revenue on your…2
