In case you missed it, John Boardley’s
I Love Typography just
partnered with Nadine Chahine and Julia Hiles to launch a
new font shop, starting with
40 foundries, many of whom are represented on TypeDrawers. This adds a significant player to the retail market and another traditional distribution alternative (next to Fontspring, MyFonts, Type Network, etc.), alongside the novel models introduced by Fontstand and Future Fonts. I posted my own thoughts on
Twitter, but I’m interested to hear what others think.
The press release.
Comments
Vig is often short for vigorish, which can means the house take on (usually illicit) gambling winnings, or the high interest charges on a loan from the kinds of people who hurt you if you don’t make your payments.
I infer that Nick does not have a high opinion of resellers.