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Is it really important to distinguish your web application with another font - looks like he spent $500 on Web fonts, which is a lot for a startup ?

by machbio 10y ago

jmduke 10y ago
A one-time fee of $500 is worth around two to three hours of good design/branding labor. I think having a distinctive, high-quality font is absolutely worth that investment, especially when you consider that the target audience of the SaaS includes designers.
- machbio 10y ago
  so I mentioned only $500 dollar expense for the Web application and not the Marketing font that costs $300 more - so why do you need to worry about branding for web application ? I agree that marketing websites would need distinguishing fonts. Just a thought.
destroytoday 10y ago
It’s less about distinguishing the app with another font and more about designing the app with what I had in mind—the system fonts and more affordable fonts didn’t feel right to me. Even though I consider myself more of a developer, I went to school for design and it’s a big part of my work, so the look and feel is just as important to me as whether the app works or not. Sure, we could’ve saved $500, but I wouldn’t enjoy using the app as much, or working on it. I also got to support two type foundries that I really respect. (JAF & Dalton Maag)
- machbio 10y ago
  "the system fonts and more affordable fonts didn’t feel right to me"..Thank you - that makes sense
- jaxn 10y ago
  I am just using fonts from Google Web Fonts, but when we made the change we had several users reach out with how much they love the new fonts. Since then, I am very intentional about using fonts consistently and intentionally. I could definitely see us "upgrading" our fonts when we do a design refresh.
- codeisawesome 10y ago
  The website looks wonderful, and considering just how much text you need to use to get ideas across, the font money seems well spent. The entire page looks... delicious.
  - destroytoday 10y ago
    Thanks!

Is it really important to distinguish your web application with another font - looks like he spent $500 on Web fonts, which is a lot for a startup ?

by machbio 10y ago

Is it really important to distinguish your web application with another font - looks like he spent $500 on Web fonts, which is a lot for a startup ?

jmduke 10y ago

A one-time fee of $500 is worth around two to three hours of good design/branding labor. I think having a distinctive, high-quality font is absolutely worth that investment, especially when you consider that the target audience of the SaaS includes designers.

machbio 10y ago
so I mentioned only $500 dollar expense for the Web application and not the Marketing font that costs $300 more - so why do you need to worry about branding for web application ? I agree that marketing websites would need distinguishing fonts. Just a thought.

destroytoday 10y ago

It’s less about distinguishing the app with another font and more about designing the app with what I had in mind—the system fonts and more affordable fonts didn’t feel right to me. Even though I consider myself more of a developer, I went to school for design and it’s a big part of my work, so the look and feel is just as important to me as whether the app works or not. Sure, we could’ve saved $500, but I wouldn’t enjoy using the app as much, or working on it. I also got to support two type foundries that I really respect. (JAF & Dalton Maag)

machbio 10y ago
"the system fonts and more affordable fonts didn’t feel right to me"..Thank you - that makes sense
jaxn 10y ago
I am just using fonts from Google Web Fonts, but when we made the change we had several users reach out with how much they love the new fonts. Since then, I am very intentional about using fonts consistently and intentionally. I could definitely see us "upgrading" our fonts when we do a design refresh.
codeisawesome 10y ago
The website looks wonderful, and considering just how much text you need to use to get ideas across, the font money seems well spent. The entire page looks... delicious.
- destroytoday 10y ago
  Thanks!