The idea of bespoke files/limited availability isn't bad, but making it a digital file makes the idea void. We'll need self-destructing font files now! Or every copy getting more corrupted, now that would be something.
Good luck pitching your face, Nick. That's an interesting approach. I'd love to know how it pans out.
Jack, I didn't realize mediumextrabold was doing that. Not sure I get the point of doing that for your whole library. I'm assuming all these people have other sources of income. Seems a little precious. And as a user of other people's type, it leaves me pretty cold.
Arthur, William Gibson published a fine-press limited edition of a poem back in 1992 on a lavishly presented floppy disk, which erased itself as you scrolled through it.
Thanks, yes. I used to write a lot of poetry when I was a teenager (this one dates from 1970), but it dried up when I went to art school. This is the only one I can remember.
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Another tactic: a limited edition with the price rising as it sells out:
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2014/dec/10/most-expensive-photograph-ever-hackneyed-tasteless
Jack, I didn't realize mediumextrabold was doing that. Not sure I get the point of doing that for your whole library. I'm assuming all these people have other sources of income. Seems a little precious. And as a user of other people's type, it leaves me pretty cold.
Arthur, William Gibson published a fine-press limited edition of a poem back in 1992 on a lavishly presented floppy disk, which erased itself as you scrolled through it.
The Book of Poems
You start with the book
You light the match to read the first page
You end with no match
http://volumique.com/v2/portfolio/disappearing-book/