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Actually, point #2 is wrong. Most of the major foundries have their own font licensing system these days (or it's a work-in-progress). It's not the greatest sol

Actually, point #2 is wrong. Most of the major foundries have their own font licensing system these days (or it's a work-in-progress). It's not the greatest solution since you can't have all your licensed fonts in, say, TypeKit, but it's not too bad. - Linotype/Monotype: http://webfonts.fonts.com/ http://webfonts.fonts.com/ - Bitstream: http://new.myfonts.com/info/webfonts/ http://new.myfonts.com/info/webfonts/ - FontFont: http://www.fontfont.com/opentype/ http://www.fontfont.com/opentype/ - TypeKit (various foundries): http://typekit.com http://typekit.com …and Hoefler & Frere-Jones is currently working on a web font licensing system as well.

ugh 16y ago
Wrong is too harsh. Those are all recent developments, sometimes work in progress. Licensing wasn’t easy only a few months ago and it is only now getting gradually easier. It’s – like the grandparent said – a hassle.
rossriley 16y ago
Yes, that may be true but that's some foundries and some fonts. How these things normally work is that the branding and typography for a brand is done by a separate agency who specify the typefaces, then a separate digital agency have to implement it. If the chosen typeface isn't available with an online license then you have to fall back to replacement. Maybe in another year or so things will have improved to the state where more typefaces are available for online use than not.
Chris_Newton 16y ago
> Most of the major foundries have their own font licensing system these days (or it's a work-in-progress). Perhaps, but are any of them commercially reasonable yet? Pretty much all of the ones I've seen require either ongoing payments and/or third party hosting, or an up-front fee that scales with the (anticipated?) number of page views. As far as I can see, no-one else providing a related product/service gets these kinds of terms: would you pay a monthly fee for a piece of clip art, or a higher licensing fee based on how many times you wanted to print your annual report on paper?

ugh 16y ago

Wrong is too harsh. Those are all recent developments, sometimes work in progress. Licensing wasn’t easy only a few months ago and it is only now getting gradually easier. It’s – like the grandparent said – a hassle.

rossriley 16y ago

Yes, that may be true but that's some foundries and some fonts. How these things normally work is that the branding and typography for a brand is done by a separate agency who specify the typefaces, then a separate digital agency have to implement it. If the chosen typeface isn't available with an online license then you have to fall back to replacement. Maybe in another year or so things will have improved to the state where more typefaces are available for online use than not.

Chris_Newton 16y ago

> Most of the major foundries have their own font licensing system these days (or it's a work-in-progress). Perhaps, but are any of them commercially reasonable yet? Pretty much all of the ones I've seen require either ongoing payments and/or third party hosting, or an up-front fee that scales with the (anticipated?) number of page views. As far as I can see, no-one else providing a related product/service gets these kinds of terms: would you pay a monthly fee for a piece of clip art, or a higher licensing fee based on how many times you wanted to print your annual report on paper?