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Re: Explanation of the Type Industry.
There are clients who need fonts. They get these via a few different ways: 1- they get something custom made 2- they license something existing (paid or free) 3- they use fonts bundled with their sof…3 -
Re: "HGGC Explores $4 Billion Sale of Typeface Firm Monotype"
The asking price ($4 billion) is not the price of the font IP but a projection of how much profit the company will make over the next few years. If Monotype owned the same number of fonts, but did no…9 -
Re: Sunsetting Fonts.com etc.
The company page doesn't even mention the Linotype name. The brand is well and truly dead and it's very frustrating the lack of support in leveraging the value of that brand and everything it represe…8 -
Re: Monotype New Contract ...Subscription Model, do the scary maths.
They also have the right to modify your fonts, and sell enterprise and OEM licenses. And if what I heard about the new contract is correct, they allegedly have the right to sign distribution contract…10 -
Re: For the creation of an International Association of Type Designers. Post your proposals here.
Not sure the industry needs another big association. It needs a variety of working groups that coalesce around areas of interest. Scale brings bureaucracy and slow pace. You need fast-working and nim…8
