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Re: Giving away fonts (typefaces)
It would be a better use of your time to just build a backlog of unpolished and unfinished work that you can go back and finish later when your skills are further developed, then sell those fonts.9 -
Re: Late 1970s to Early 1980s typesetting
Frank Romano did a book all about this, it’s called The History of the Phototypsetting Era. It’s hard to find a copy for sale but you can probably get one through an inter-library loan.2 -
Re: Monotype foundry webinar on royalties
They tried this with me (I was always on the old Bitstream contract). I refused and they did the deal as a one time thing. I laughed when I saw how little money it was—they tried to get me to sign th…6 -
Re: Explanation of the Type Industry.
The type industry is:* Monotype: a company that gobbled up some smaller but important companies, giving it ownership of thousands of old font trademarks, copyrights, and source files. Monotype is als…9 -
Re: Just curious... do you enjoy drawing the thin or black masters more?
Black is more fun because it’s where I get to cram in some wild thick/thin stuff and weird terminal angles.3
