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Re: Widespread misunderstanding of AdobeType's license causing foundries to loose revenue.
OK, then I’ll imply it myself: most of them are coming from a server called use.typekit.net, which last I checked was Adobe. Adobe’s left hand isn’t doing its right hand any favors, but that’s nothin…1 -
Re: Widespread misunderstanding of AdobeType's license causing foundries to loose revenue.
I noticed this is 2019. I don't think it's new, btw. But it is a thing. If anyone wants advice on how to approach a company that's using your fonts in such a way to be sensitive to this issue let me …1 -
Re: Widespread misunderstanding of AdobeType's license causing foundries to loose revenue.
WOFF, OTF, TTF. They all get used on violating websites. The format is not important to the topic. I would also like to say that I'm very happy with being a part of Adobe Type, and the revenue we're …4 -
Re: Let's chat about Trademark, Registered & Copyright Symbols
Footnotes? First, many fonts are designs which will never be used for a footnote. Or at least, shouldn’t be. I submit that making something ideal for a minor use, at the expense of making it wrong ev…2 -
Re: Widespread misunderstanding of AdobeType's license causing foundries to loose revenue.
Per TypeDrawers’ rules, without going into too much detail on methods: you can spend $0 on the tools to download a web embedded font and convert it into OTF or TTF in less than 30 seconds. I open WOF…1 -
Re: Eyeball font identification party trick strategies
For me, font ID has always been kind of a gestalt thing, like recognizing someone's face. Even so, I do rely on certain unique attributes for some typefaces, like that dreadful R in Arial. These tend…3 -
Eyeball font identification party trick strategies
When I want to recognize a text font without looking it up, one of the first things I do is scan through copy for instances of the italic, because italics are easier to distinguish among. Am I the on…1 -
Re: Widespread misunderstanding of AdobeType's license causing foundries to loose revenue.
Historical aside: No, the intent was to introduce a format distinction between desktop and web fonts, so that there was a minimal protective wrapper to limit cross-use of the same font file. The cont…5 -
Widespread misunderstanding of AdobeType's license causing foundries to loose revenue.
Most of my fonts are available via AdobeFonts through the AdobeCC. Over that past six months I have discovered that widespread misunderstanding of the AdobeType license is causing me to loose a very …11 -
ILT Academy Courses
Are we ok to share news of upcoming type design courses? If yes, we do have a few slots remain for Intro to Greek type Design with Irene Vlachou and Latin Script Design with Ulrike Rausch, both of wh…2
