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Re: Monotype buys Extensis
Agreed, although I think it was pretty inevitable that widespread desktop computer use signalled the end of that kind of proprietary font format. It was only a matter of time before either Microsoft …2 -
Re: Monotype buys Extensis
You are right, of course, that Monotype don’t have a significant control over typesetting environments, per se, but it seems to me that they are coming at the machine analogy from a different perspec…9 -
Re: Pricing: Client requests an expansion to one of my typefaces
This is where we differ. If a client comes to me and says they want some thing that does not currently exist, they are expressing a willingness to pay for that thing to be brought into existence. Sim…3 -
Re: Monotype buys Extensis
Which was exactly the reason why typesetting machine manufacturers made and licensed typefaces: to add value to the machines that were their primary source of revenue. My concern with this model is t…9 -
Re: The Problem with Text Rendering in Modern Software and Browsers
Word is an example of a long-lived program that has, at the same time, far outstripped its original functionality and also burdened itself with a massive amount of backwards compatibility commitments…2
