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Re: Asking for free fonts on Type Drawers
Look at it from the type designer’s perspective, Eris. Suppose you had designed, published and promoted a font, and someone came to this site asking for a free alternative to it. How would you feel? …3 -
Re: Seeking Sans-Serif Alternative to Oregon LDO with Better Diacritic Support for Song Titles
I wouldn’t say I was being curmudgeonly (that would be Jasper’s comment), I intended to be witty—a play on the meaning of “could”. Frankly, I wasn’t prepared to invest any time doing something which …1 -
Re: What kind of impact did digital/social media have on fonts?
@"André G. Isaak" Yes, the bundled fonts had value to you, because they could be licensed elsewhere for a greater cost. However, it was not possible to licence Illustrator without the fonts…0 -
Re: What kind of impact did digital/social media have on fonts?
First, yes free is not libre. Free, as in “without cost,” the standard meaning. Second, Illustrator was indeed expensive, but I was paying for an upgrade to something that was pretty much a professio…0 -
Re: What kind of impact did digital/social media have on fonts?
Oh come on Thomas, they were free, as in “didn’t cost anything to acquire.” Adobe had been releasing apps on floppies, and then when they switched to CDs, BOOM, suddenly there was a lot of vacant dis…0
