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… (View Post)
$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 … (View Post)
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 … (View Post)
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.… (View Post)
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… (View Post)