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So... it seems like Netflix Sans plus more open apertures (angled terminals) on letters like "e" and "a" Was Netflix Sans the determined starting point?
by spdustin 8y ago
So... it seems like Netflix Sans plus more open apertures (angled terminals) on letters like "e" and "a"
Was Netflix Sans the determined starting point?
- jrs95 8y agoSeems like it's essentially Netflix Sans with enough changes to be different IP
- beatboxrevival 8y agoTypefaces can't be protected, at least in the US. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property_protection_of_typefaces https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property_protecti...
- jrs95 8y agoThat's kind of amusing. So in theory someone could just copy their typeface and rewrite the "font" and publish it for free. That makes the entire thing seem even more pointless -- if one guy can copy Operator Mono (I found at least one clone of that font as soon as I searched for it on Google) what is the point of paying some design firm to make you damn near the same thing as Netflix Sans when you could just rip it off yourself?
- janc_ 8y agoTypeface designs are protected in some countries outside the US, and even within the US the font _code_ is protected.
- Reedx 8y agoPretty much... The firm that made Netflix Sans made this one too. Looks like they just tweaked it a bit for Airbnb. https://twitter.com/kodform/status/996447044100386816 https://twitter.com/kodform/status/996447044100386816
- fermienrico 8y agoBut they will say - "Oh, fonts are all about subtle things". Yes and no, you're wrong. The search domain for fonts is extremely large and that's why it takes forever, in some cases a decade, to design a really timeless font. Not in 3 months, or worse - modify Netflix Sans and pawn it off as "One of a kind".