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by intellix 1736 days ago
Once worked on a website where they declared paying $10k/yr for a Helvetica licence was necessary and they didn't want to use a free alternative.

It's something that still perplexes me to this day...

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A free alternative to their on-brand font? That's crazy in a lot of ways too...
The more you think about it, the more you realize "top" designers are a cirlejerk. They also think they're some messiah on a mission save the world.

At the same time regular people in the industry get screwed over and are paid peanuts.