The Hustle: Where do fonts come from?

https://thehustle.co/where-do-fonts-come-from

Well researched article with a broad spectrum of quotes 

Comments

  • “[Monotype] keeps saying, [...] We are not competing with foundries [...] .”

    Owner of Helvetica, Frutiger, Palatino, Avenir, Zapfino, Univers, BT Vera, BT Charter, Droid, Open Sans, Titanium, URW Corporate, URW Nimbus, URW Bodoni, URW DIN, FF DAX, FF DIN, FF Meta, Gotham Archer, Franklin ... and so on,
    is not competing with foundries. :)
  • Patrick Griffin said:
    on the cusp of peak enshittification.
    This phrase comes from https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys