What a rip off!

Jackson Showalter-Cavanaugh

You mean, how do they feel about the example that started this thread? Sounds to me like they released it.

Sara at MyFonts

Separately, how does the MyFonts panel feel about font 'gesture' cribbing? That is to say, one takes a copy of an existing font, runs it through a distressing filter and calls it a new creation?

When the Review Board sees a font submitted which is clearly a copy of an existing font but has been re-traced, tweaked, and resubmitted as their own, that new foundry is rejected.

Florian Hardwig

Stuart and others: As with so many things, the answer is “It depends.”

Do these “funky” variations take away sales from the original font?
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/urw/dtc-funky-fonts/
I doubt it.

Is this based on others’ outlines?
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/typeotones/frankie/
Probably not, I can’t say. Can you?

Is this a lame concept for a font?
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/aah-yes/stubble/
Hell yes.

How is this any different?
http://typophile.com/node/38063#comment-233376
Ethically or legally I’d say it isn’t. But context – creation date, author, intention – matters, too.

Charles Borges de Oliveira

Thank you Sara and myfonts for acting so quick on pulling the offending font. You guys are awesome!