<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>&IMHO</div><div>it will be the users getting acquinted with the possibility of high quality type with liberal licences,</div><div>that will topple the debate </div><div>The internet is a tribalistic affair at the moment, which easily creates an us-versus-them mentality,</div><div>Which I think is not representative of the actual situation</div><div><br></div><div>There is no such thing as the ‘type industry’ anymore,</div><div>Because there is no infrastructure of technology and capital you have to adhere to in order to be considered a type designer.</div><div><br></div><div>You just have to be good, and good at showing you are good.</div><div><br></div><div>I am sure that there are major type developers just waiting for the right moment to abandon traditional licensing;</div><div>because they see the value of their product is not in it’s licensing,</div><div>but in its typographic quality and fitness for the current situation (which is IMHO on the screen).</div><div>And I’m sure there will actually be people who are able to think up ways so that they actually make *more* money with more liberal licensing than with traditional licensing.</div><div><br></div><div>On the user side, I know from experience that within design companies there is a lot of dissatisfaction with current licensing, exactly because of:</div><div><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite">total power of developers over users.</blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>It’s not in their interest to be on the internet debating about all that,</div><div>But when the possibility presents itself, and the quality is sufficient, graphic designers will definitely start using liberally licensed typefaces.</div><div><br></div><div>eric</div><div><br><div><div>Op 14 apr 2009, om 10:36 heeft Dave Crossland het volgende geschreven:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><p>Hi,<br></p><p>Sure. It would be an exaggeration to say you can make MORE money with libre fonts, but you can make some money, which is often overlooked by people who promote total power of developers over users.</p><p>Regards, Dave</p><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><blockquote>On 14 Apr 2009, 6:55 AM, "minombresbond" <<a href="mailto:minombresbond@gmail.com">minombresbond@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>El Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:23:08 +0200<br> Schrijver <<a href="mailto:eric@authoritism.net">eric@authoritism.net</a>> escribió:<br><p><font color="#500050"> > >> > > If they didn't make an image already, then please do make some :-) > > **1** > > > > I h...</font></p>I think the non-commercial fonts are not free fonts!<br> however, it is true that privative licensing may be better for<br> business, for now.. :)<br><p><font color="#500050"> was a bit more intense > than i had foreseen, > it took me a while to get it all, including the s...</font></p></blockquote><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>