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Re: Your business is worth more than 6X yearly earnings
The original statement was “earnings” so that is your net profit, after all expenses. Said expenses would include money taken by a distributor such as Monotype. (Unless it never enters into the pict…2 -
Re: How to calculate other stem widths of masters from Regular weight
I use Linus Romer’s steminterpolation tool, which offers several different formulae for calculating progressive stem weight instances between two extremes (I usually use the Lucas de Groot formula). …3 -
Re: Your business is worth more than 6X yearly earnings
Igor, I proposed something very similar to this to Fred Smeijers and Paul Shaw back in 1998. Fred was in town to judge the first TDC Type Design Competition, MyFonts was not yet in existence. To say …2 -
Re: How to calculate other stem widths of masters from Regular weight
This spreadsheet might help. And this book is good.2 -
Re: Your business is worth more than 6X yearly earnings
By the way, I think Pablo’s theory about newly acquired fonts becoming fodder for AI-generated fonts is extreme overthink, especially when applied to a company like Monotype. They don’t want more pro…6 -
Re: Your business is worth more than 6X yearly earnings
In U.S. and EU accounting practice, there is a calculation of intangible assets called “goodwill” that comes into play when one company acquires another for a price that is more than the actual value…9 -
Re: Your business is worth more than 6X yearly earnings
That's the crucial question in defining a model which couldn't be sold (at least not easily) to big players. Right off the bat, the idea might be that the syndicate should increase the visibility of …2 -
Re: Your business is worth more than 6X yearly earnings
Could you argue that this is how MyFonts began?3 -
Re: Your business is worth more than 6X yearly earnings
If anything, I'd say AI is likely to drive down the worth of your foundry. Better AI means more and cheaper competition, which means less money to be made for your foundry. Anyway, that is how monoty…2 -
Re: Your business is worth more than 6X yearly earnings
Does the 6x factor apply to the royalty split that MT pays you, or the full revenue of your font?2