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Re: "HGGC Explores $4 Billion Sale of Typeface Firm Monotype"
Even so, the $4B ask is hard to justify. What we call the "marketplace of typefaces/foundries" has changed drastically in the last 4 years. There is dramatic saturation and plenty of headw…6 -
Re: "HGGC Explores $4 Billion Sale of Typeface Firm Monotype"
$200M net sounds artificially inflated. But even if it is real, after TDA it would be about $100M, and after salaries and expenses it would be even less. $4B means they're asking for a multiplier in …5 -
Re: The Hustle: Where do fonts come from?
Don't know about "well researched" there. All these articles about Monotype I've seen over the years either don't dig deep enough or just neglect to mention a crucial 15-year period of the …17 -
Re: For the creation of an International Association of Type Designers. Post your proposals here.
I was talking about a sustained "educational" campaign, like Here's why you should license directly from the publishers, rather than traditionally advertising individual fonts or foundries.…1 -
Re: For the creation of an International Association of Type Designers. Post your proposals here.
I guess what it would need to do is try to address the primary grievance, which evidently is dissatisfaction with royalty-based distribution platforms and their increasing control/strongarming/abuse…4
