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Re: Free fonts marketing strategy
They can modify it and redistribute the modified version, but it has to be under the same license. That creates a major limitation on the ability of anyone to sell any modified OFL fonts at retail. …1 -
Re: Inks and Papers in the context of historical font revivals
Here’s a small part of a lengthy paper I once wrote, discussing the transition from cotton paper to wood pulp paper in the mid-1800s: “Amazingly, the printing press and the science of typecutting had…1 -
Re: Contemporary type designers in Chicago
I wouldn’t expect to qualify for this thing, but fwiw my family has Chicago roots. My parents met in Chicago. I was born in nearby South Bend, IN, because my dad had left Chicago to go to grad school…2 -
Re: Preferred outline type in 2019 for webfonts and browser compatibility?
Well, if you are doing variable fonts, TTF is currently very much the way to go. Otherwise, I don’t think it is a big deal. There are small advantages in each direction.... OTF/CFF/PS is often a litt…1 -
Re: What is the best platform for the distribution of free fonts ?
Seems to me that “anybody can upload fonts to include at the site” and “I don’t like how there is so much junk on the site” are opposing concepts. If you have #1, you are going to get #2.5
