Yeah, it can be a pain to pay font creators, but I expect that this web designer would be annoyed if his clients complained about paying him. Yes, some of the

Yeah, it can be a pain to pay font creators, but I expect that this web designer would be annoyed if his clients complained about paying him. Yes, some of the mechanisms can be fragile or troublesome, but I think that's the market's way of exploring possible options. The companies that came up with the idea of charging per the page view were probably responding to designers who didn't want to pay too much for small jobs. It's a trade off.