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Re: "HGGC Explores $4 Billion Sale of Typeface Firm Monotype"
I haven’t signed the new contract, and don’t intend to. It’s sad, as MyFonts enabled my type business in the first place and was its mainstay for many years. But there is no loyalty in big business. …10 -
Re: "HGGC Explores $4 Billion Sale of Typeface Firm Monotype"
I ask where the opinion comes from that many foundries and designers have accepted these new contract terms. Some of the terms may be valid for the U.S., since immorality is very rarely found by Amer…6 -
Re: When did Helvetica and Times New Roman reach such levels of influence?
That reminded me of this handy comparison, which I made, like, exactly 25 years ago:3 -
Re: When did Helvetica and Times New Roman reach such levels of influence?
The descending J is found only in the Bold and Bold Italic styles of Linotype’s Times.3 -
Re: When did Helvetica and Times New Roman reach such levels of influence?
Mark, thank you for sharing these insights! This sounds like a great book indeed.I once made me a cheat sheet for telling apart Times and Times New Roman (the system versions on Mac OS and MS Windows…2 -
Re: "HGGC Explores $4 Billion Sale of Typeface Firm Monotype"
I contacted foundry support and they've fixed this. It's still blurred on the dashboard but the earnings report tab is working now. I think the biggest problem I have with the new agreemen…7 -
Re: "HGGC Explores $4 Billion Sale of Typeface Firm Monotype"
There exist unforeseen situations which could inadvertently lead to a breach of contract. Historically, I have facilitated the sale of custom font variations specifically tailored for CNC metal cutti…11 -
Re: Pricing
Hi @"Miles Newlyn", yeah personally I find "company size" the best compromise. Off topic: I browsed through your IG and I was amazed to see how similar your wip and mine are [work…1 -
Re: When did Helvetica and Times New Roman reach such levels of influence?
I recently bought a copy of the book Inside the Publishing Revolution: The Adobe Story, by Pamela Pfiffner (2003). It goes into a lot more detail than I've seen before about the relationship bet…7 -
Words of Type needs support!
Hello everyone!I’ll “inaugurate” my first participation to TypeDrawers with... a call for participation! 🙂 Maybe some of you have already seen things about Words of Type. For those who haven’t, it’s…10






