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One factor is that licensing fonts can be extremely expensive. So, make one: pay a higher upfront cost, create something unique to represent your brand, and nev
by jdub 3y ago
One factor is that licensing fonts can be extremely expensive. So, make one: pay a higher upfront cost, create something unique to represent your brand, and never pay another cent.
- TylerE 3y agoBut there are already tons of great fonts available under open licenses.
- jdub 3y agoBut do they represent the Intel brand? Did Papyrus represent the Avatar brand? DID PAPYRUS?!
- glogla 3y agoAs long as Sans is around.
- ly3xqhl8g9 3y ago"He just highlighted Avatar, he clicked the drop down menu, and then he randomly selected Papyrus, like a thoughtless child just wandering by a garden yanking leaves along the way." [1] As iconic a moment as the creation of the first sans serif font [2]. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVhlJNJopOQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVhlJNJopOQ [2] "The earliest printing typefaces which omitted serifs were not intended to render contemporary texts, but to represent inscriptions in Ancient Greek and Etruscan. Thus, Thomas Dempster's De Etruria regali libri VII (1723), used special types intended for the representation of Etruscan epigraphy, and in c. 1745, the Caslon foundry made Etruscan types for pamphlets written by Etruscan scholar John Swinton." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sans-serif#:~:text=The%20earliest%20printing,John%20Swinton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sans-serif#:~:text=The%20earli....
- consumer451 3y agoI have watched that skit at least a dozen times. It hits me deep. Gosling really sold it. This thread made me finally look up its origins which are a bit interesting. https://ew.com/tv/2017/12/19/snl-writer-julio-torres-avatar-sketch/ https://ew.com/tv/2017/12/19/snl-writer-julio-torres-avatar-...