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Re: Free fonts are good→free fonts are bad
With regard to “free fonts,” I think they occupy a space that is increasingly marginal. I’d say commercial type is made, on average, with the most care, and open source fonts perhaps next, because th…6 -
Re: Why the link on the first zero in %?
I can’t really answer your question, but it’s always seemed like a natural connection to me. (Way better than, say, a c_t ligature.) I’ve always assume it’s an outgrowth of some handwritten source.2 -
Re: Ramiro Espinoza steps down from TypeDrawers moderation
Cheers, Ramiro!1 -
Re: Type pricing and licensing: as a tool or material?
@JoyceKetterer I think that’s a big part of it! I also think (digital) fonts have always been regarded as trivial, less-valuable pieces of software because they’re so often deployed in quantities, or…3 -
Re: Type pricing and licensing: as a tool or material?
So much of licensing conventions comes from early desktop publishing, where the end product was almost always print. In that case, the old “fonts as tools” model works pretty well. Unfortunately, eve…5
