Nicholas Garner

I struggle to apply the word luxury to a font. The concept just doesn't fit - it's simply not a meaningful adjective to use. For some, a banana might be a luxury, for others a Ferrari. Perhaps a hot … (View Post)


No comment. And the idea that salaried shop assistants do "not own the fruits of their labors does not make them a low-level employee whose work requires no special skills" comes f… (View Post)


In terms of the original question I would think that only the entities that sell fonts or font services, whether individuals or companies, would qualify in terms of standing to make a profit… (View Post)

No - at least, not if I were to place a realistic value my time. I run a part-time, one-man foundry and started making fonts in the 1990s, offering them for sale from 2005. Some of my output has been… (View Post)

Separate the visual design from the technical design! Document the technical design requirements, along with legal and contractual constraints but leave the visual design to free discussion, based on… (View Post)