David Marshall

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Managing Director at Dalton Maag
@letterror I think we've all been elephants in different ways. Our research during this modernization process was eye-opening.
@letterror The UK has some of the strongest libel laws in the world.
@beseku @onpaperwings Music to my ears.
Font licensing is broken. Here's how we're fixing it. https://daltonmaag.com/blog/2026-03-02-font-licensing-is-broken.html
Font Licensing is Broken. Here’s How We’re Fixing it.

We need a radically simplified approach to font licensing that puts transparency and fairness first.

Dalton Maag
Dear typeface design "disruptors", please stop trying to pass off parametric fonts as "AI". We can always tell.
@simoncozens All of the original designs are long out of copyright. I don't regard it as morally objectionable to try to deliver an improved, ideally the best possible, implementation of an out-of-copyright design.
@bucknam That definitely is not the aim. But they may be of use to corporates who are currently being asked to pay annually to continue their licences.
@onpaperwings That's a little unkind when the majority of these revivals are the first VF implementations of these designs, have a greatly expanded weight range, and are often introducing cross-family relationships that are truly useful.
@klim Monotype removed the ability to buy anything over a 200 user licence online. Volume sales must be done offline, at 25% royalty.
Guys, "Recast" is a registered trademark in the US and EU. Please don't try to use it in your font family names.