Nick Shinn · President

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  • Re: Laatz v. Zazzle

    John Savard: Well then, if weight, contrast, x-height and serif style don’t determine what a type design is, but are values controlled by a multi-axis parametric font, which is in effect a typeface d…
  • Re: Laatz v. Zazzle

    It’s a new theory of a type designer. It’s not in law, as nobody appears to have yet addressed the matter in this light. Though I doubt I am the first to have the thought. The idea being that decisio…
  • Re: Laatz v. Zazzle

    The variable format has opened an intellectual property can-of worms. It used to be that an important part of the design of a typeface was the specific metric values of weight and x-height that the d…
  • Re: Le Monde Journal vs. Spectral Lawsuit

    Pablo, I don’t think Google can take quite so much credit for creating an Argentinian type design community. Europe and North America were quickest at developing theirs— many factors were involved, A…
  • Re: Le Monde Journal vs. Spectral Lawsuit

    Pablo: The idea is quite basic: if you give people something for free, they will be less inclined to pay somebody else for a comparable product. Hardly bullshit. Your “developing the market” theory i…
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