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by tptacek
5366 days ago
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I didn't make the comparison, you did, so I'm going to refrain from pursuing this thread. I think foundries are as likely to lose money to web fonts as make it, because the people who truly value distinctive typography already pay for it, and the mass market uses Papyrus and Comic Sans. |
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My comparison was not between foundries and music labels, but between selling fonts and selling music, stock art, etc. The point wasn't who was doing the selling, it was that you can do just fine selling at much cheaper prices to a much wider audience, and that such a model fits the reality of the Internet much better.
> I think foundries are as likely to lose money to web fonts as make it, because the people who truly value distinctive typography already pay for it
But prior to the web font services, there was no way for people to give money to the foundries to use their fonts on web sites, even if they wanted to.
And for those projects where an ongoing rental payment is not a suitable pricing model, there still isn't, which means the foundries aren't even accepting money from people who do value high quality typography and would happily pay for the chance to use it. I just don't see how that makes any business sense at all.