Doug Wilson

RE: https://typo.social/@davidm/116160211307876071

Interesting read and approach to font licensing. Curious what other people think?

Mar 2 at 3:21pmWeb
Show threadBen SMar 2
@onpaperwings @davidm We (a scale-up) wanted to licence a font from a small foundry. The clauses around how it could be used ended up causing us to stick with open source; differentiating between web, web but social media, print, poster print, branding etc. meant we couldn't reliably predict costs or be sure we'd be complying without potentially overpaying.
Show threadBen SMar 2
@onpaperwings @davidm "Install & Use"and "Host & Link" is a simple, concise way of communicating the same usage. Makes a lot of sense.
Show threadDavid MarshallMar 2
@beseku @onpaperwings Music to my ears.
Show threadMacCruiskeenMar 2
@onpaperwings I oversee ebook production for a uni press, and normally we don't embed fonts. These fees are more than it costs for the file conversion. That makes no sense to me.
Show threadMorning TypeMar 2
@onpaperwings Am I missing something? This doesn’t feel terribly different than the norm?
Show threadDoug WilsonMar 2
@morningtype You're right and it doesn't veer too much away from the typical script. But the clarify terms and words used are interesting to me. Trying to look at it from the POV of a font purchaser.