A few months after #Monotype raided the foundry behind typography.com (#Hoefler #H&Co), a well-detailed article by design journalist #AnneQuito in media business #Quartz on the growing financial monopoly and worrying diversity voices of #NickShinn #TobiasFrereJones #PeterBilak and #NadineChahine, assertive as I've ever read it.
https://qz.com/2068310/what-monotypes-purchase-of-hoeflerco-means-to-font-designers/
#typography
A famous type foundry's sale to a PE-backed giant has rattled the font industry

Many independent font designers fear the future of typography is corporate.