Yes. There are other ways of embedding fonts. But basically none of them are secure. Lots of folks in the type business had concerns about web fonts and piracy. In the end, what has happened is, ther… (View Post)
It doesn't need to decompose a ligature - it just substitutes one glyph with more than one glyph. See some examples here: https://simoncozens.github.io/fonts-and-layout/features-2.html#multiple-subst… (View Post)
[Usual disclaimer: I am not a lawyer and this does not constitute legal advice.] Further to what Katy wrote: License agreement law, which is contract law, is different from intellectual property law.… (View Post)
I think Kris very astutely described the value of “type nerds” in his May 29 post. The people he describes are not necessarily peers (type designers), or even direct customers, but as designers and i… (View Post)
I'm not a lawyer, but to my understanding, copyright law applies according to the law of whichever country the work is used in. For example, a work's copyright might expire in 2020 in Canada but 204… (View Post)
Easier than it sounded initially. I love the simplicity to that glyph being that it's 'only' an acute/grave attached to circumflex (at least in comparison to what I recall as more complex Vietnamese … (View Post)
Given the multitude of discussions about marketing fonts (often, a luxury product). https://www.nngroup.com/articles/luxury-terrible-ecommerce/ (View Post)
Insight from a newcomer to the industry to provide a wider perspective. Five years since we started the type foundry adventure. We are not an average foundry and work quite differently from others. B… (View Post)
Rather, people are not so interested in fonts that they buy them, but are interested simply in terms of design. Of course, this does nothing for the type designer, because you can't monetize fonts fo… (View Post)
Hey guys, thank you for you responses and resources. I did not yet post an image because I'm still in the process of visualising my ideas. Images will follow! I think both is plausible. I'm picturing… (View Post)