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Re: Digital strategy for "luxury" fonts
Luxury products serve as a status symbol, but fonts alone cannot do so. When comparing fonts to luxury goods, keep in mind that they are B2B products, not retail products. Businesses purchase luxury …5 -
Re: What is a font for most people and just about the type industry of this time.
Retail fonts are primarily tools for professional designers. Most professions require tools that most people don't need. An electronics engineer needs as oscilloscope, but most people don't. Some hob…7 -
Re: Is the font design business profitable for you guys?
Business has been particularly good, and income has been steadily increasing for the past couple of decades. I do almost no promotion, I don't participate in sales, and I stopped giving introductory …8 -
Free fonts are good→free fonts are bad
This is related to a discussion in the hot takes thread. I thought some of you might find my current opinion on free fonts interesting considering my notoriety in the free font realm. I'm no longer p…11 -
Re: Free fonts are good→free fonts are bad
I'm curious about opinions on personal use licensing. I tried it for a few months in the 2000s on Monotype's advice and I was unhappy with the results. Personal use licenses seem to be the primary li…3
