Monotype buys out Sharp Type retail library

Dave Crossland
Dave Crossland Posts: 1,522
edited February 2024 in Type Business
https://www.creativeboom.com/news/monotype-partners-with-sharp-type-to-add-27-font-families-to-library/

Seems to me similar to the Font Bureau deal, dissimilar to the Colophon deal

ST on ExTwitter added more context:

https://x.com/SharpTypeCo/status/1754939641244090499
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  • John Hudson
    John Hudson Posts: 3,629
    edited February 2024
    Hmm. Maybe when I am calculating pricing to release fonts under OFL I should be factoring in the lost sale to Monotype income. :#
  • Dave Crossland
    Dave Crossland Posts: 1,522
    One can offer OFL licensing at any price but one still needs to realize the price in the marketplace. Things are bought, not sold. 
  • John Hudson
    John Hudson Posts: 3,629
    Things are also not sold in the sense of ‘No, you can’t have it at that price’. :)
  • Dave Crossland
    Dave Crossland Posts: 1,522
    That's what I mean by unrealized pricing innit

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