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Variable Fonts In Use
I rarely notice anyone using variable fonts in real-world scenarios in any obvious way—setting aside variable font marketing animations. It's hard to tell if a variable font is used in a static way. …5 -
Re: When did Helvetica and Times New Roman reach such levels of influence?
I recently bought a copy of the book Inside the Publishing Revolution: The Adobe Story, by Pamela Pfiffner (2003). It goes into a lot more detail than I've seen before about the relationship between …7 -
Re: Explanation of the Type Industry.
I would say it is mainly comprised of producers (type designers and foundries, who design and produce the fonts) and distributors (e.g., Monotype, Adobe, ILT, Fontspring, etc.). There is some overlap…4 -
Re: "HGGC Explores $4 Billion Sale of Typeface Firm Monotype"
They have a big marketshare and control a lot of valuable font IP, but not all of it. There is still Adobe (not ideal in many ways but better for now), and there are many foundries doing well without…1 -
Re: "HGGC Explores $4 Billion Sale of Typeface Firm Monotype"
I’ve been thinking this since early this year when they started pushing the new distribution agreement. The terms were so heavily tilted in their favor—especially against competing distributors—that …6
