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Good question. For those unaware of the spat between the two designers, here's an excellent 2014 article: https://nymag.com/news/features/jonathan-hoefler-tobia
by cardamomo 6y ago
Good question. For those unaware of the spat between the two designers, here's an excellent 2014 article: https://nymag.com/news/features/jonathan-hoefler-tobias-frere-jones-2014-6/ https://nymag.com/news/features/jonathan-hoefler-tobias-frer...
In short, Frere-Jones accused Hoefler of intellectual property theft and not honoring the terms of the verbal agreement outlining their business partnership. I'm not sure how the case ended up.
- noizejoy 6y agoApparently it was settled before discovery started [0], so no further details ever came out. [0] https://www.theverge.com/2014/9/29/6868945/the-worlds-biggest-typeface-firm-just-settled-its-lawsuit https://www.theverge.com/2014/9/29/6868945/the-worlds-bigges...
- cardamomo 6y agoThanks for that! I went down the rabbit hole of looking at NY court records.