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The facts about font licensing
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Unlike digital products such as music or movie files which are an end unto themselves, digital fonts are software programs that lead to an end. They are tools that allow you to make information accessible and visually effective, and also generate revenue for you, your business partners and clients. Type families are the result of hundreds of hours of work over months – often over years – until thousands of glyphs in several weights and styles have been developed into a useful, creative tool. Due to their ubiquitousness, they are often taken for granted, and so users often lack sufficient licensing for the fonts they're using.
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Type & typography
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Five basic rules for buying fonts
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Although most people speak of "buying fonts," you are actually purchasing a license to use them. The instantiation of the design in a digital font remains the property of the foundry or designer. Usually, the permissions and restrictions described in the End User License Agreement (EULA) must be accepted before purchasing and downloading the font file(s). It is safe to say that most font EULAs are similar to each other, but often differ in specific points, so it's always wise to familiarize yourself with the licenses for your fonts. Here are five basic rules to be aware of when using fonts.
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Type & typography
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Open and collaborative font design in a web fonts world
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Victor Gaultney leads a discussion panel about open or collaborative font projects. From the 2013 ATypI conference in Amsterdam.
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Type & typography
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From metal to phototypesetting: new opportunities in typeface design
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The years following WWII marked the beginning of a period of radical changes in typesetting technologies. After 500 years of printing with metal type, the first machines that could set type photographically reached the market, initiating three decades of intense development in photocomposition, and challenging years of well-established practices in type manufacturing.
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Type & typography
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Announcement: Executive Director position
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Executive Director of the Association Typographique Internationale
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2015
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History of the Monotype Corporation: book launch
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Talk, discussion and launch of this important new publication – the first assessment of the Corporation’s history in its significant years between 1897 and 1992. With co-editor Andrew Boag and authors Sebastian Carter, Richard Southall, and Judy Slinn – along with Richard Lawrence, and Susan Shaw.
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Events
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Design Education: A one-day international symposium on (alternative) pedagogical practices
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with amazing speakers:
David Erixon (Ireland/Sweden), Tony Fry (Australia), Teal Triggs (Great Britain/USA)
organized by Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Events
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Starting a type foundry 101: a checklist
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Jean-Baptiste Levee
ATypI 2016 • Warsaw, Poland
NiNA
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Type & typography
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A Bigger Pie
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A Panel Discussion on Getting More People to Buy More Type
Bill Davis, Indra Kupferschmid, Joyce Ketterer, Andrej Kratky, Matthew Rechs
ATypI 2016 • Warsaw, Poland
Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw ASP
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Type & typography
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Why don’t EULA’ve me?
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Joyce Ketterer
ATypI 2016 • Warsaw, Poland
NiNA
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Type & typography