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Looking at http://www.typespec.co.uk/doves-type/ http://www.typespec.co.uk/doves-type/ I see that if you use this typeface on a webpage, then you have to pay-pe
by bleair 10y ago
Looking at http://www.typespec.co.uk/doves-type/ http://www.typespec.co.uk/doves-type/ I see that if you use this typeface on a webpage, then you have to pay-per-viewing of said page.
Is there a discussion for the arguments for and against pay-per-view when using font? Have their been licensing schemes for typeset work where the printer had to pay each time a person opened the book using said typeface?
- terrywilcox 10y agoI think you may have misinterpreted the license. There's no pay-per-view. From the description: "It is also available in web font formats for self hosted websites (up to 10K monthly pageviews on average)." You buy a license for your website. Large websites (with more than 10k monthly pageviews) need to contact them for a license.
- radicalbyte 10y agoHow do you know what the average page views will be when you buy it? How do you measure a page view? For a blog or newspaper it may be obvious, for web applications it can be very hard to determine.
- terrywilcox 10y agoIt's rather a simple algorithm: 1. Do I average more than 10k page views a month right now? No: Buy license good up to 10k page views per month. Yes: Contact them about a bigger license. You're not asking how to measure your own page views, are you?
- gnicholas 10y agoYou might not know up front, for sure. I know when I load our website, I see a "transferring data from hello.myfonts.net" in the status bar, which I guess some sort of phone-home mechanism. If we go over the limit, I assume they'll notify us.