[aclevername]

Take this with a grain of salt since I can't find the source, but I vividly remember a designer wanting to use a H&FJ typeface (Gotham) on a project I was working on about a year and a half ago, only to have the H&FJ FAQ state that they don't allow web embedding and aren't developing it for what amounted to aesthetic reasons (i.e., web font technology was not far enough along for them to feel comfortable with the display of their type on screen.)

Now, instead, they're using the same technology as just about everyone else, under their own service, and just rehinted their typefaces to match the tech.

[zeitg3ist]

Actually the service itself launched as a private beta in early 2012 [1], while on the H&JF FAQ there has been a "work in progress" statement since at least 2011 [2].

[1] http://kottke.org/12/03/kottkeorg-redesign-2012-version

[2] http://web.archive.org/web/20110707053012/http://www.typogra...