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> Developing a custom typeface can eliminate the recurring licensing fees that must be paid to foundries. IBM [4] and Netflix [5] claim to save millions of doll
by anonu 8y ago
> Developing a custom typeface can eliminate the recurring licensing fees that must be paid to foundries. IBM [4] and Netflix [5] claim to save millions of dollars per year by switching from Helvetica to IBM Plex and Gotham to Netflix Sans, respectively.
I wasn't aware that these common fonts charged royalties...
- zapzupnz 8y agoThe prices are swallowed by operating system vendors, usually. Same with codec licences and so on.