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Re: Giving away fonts (typefaces)
Valuation is always subjective, but that doesn’t mean it is not subjectable to reason. A while ago, I was talking with a specialist in valuing companies, and he made two points that have stuck with m…2 -
Re: Giving away fonts (typefaces)
That will depend on a number of factors, including who the client is and how they intend to use the typeface (which in turn relates to what kind of typeface it is). At a minimum, the cost must cover …7 -
Re: Platonic Ideals in Typography
No, it just means that for most of the purposes for which the majority of people use a pencil, this is the typical choice (that choice being influenced by previous choices that have resulted in this …1 -
Re: Platonic Ideals in Typography
I tend to agree with a philosopher friend who calls Plato’s theory of forms the ‘original sin of philosophy’, the point at which ideas become treated as more important than things. Even if we accept …7 -
Re: Applications without OpenType feature support
Also, I think Affinity tools remain sadly lacking in any complex script support, and with no easy path to adding it due to insistence on making their own text engine instead of utilising HarfBuzz.3
