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US font design patents last 15 years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property_protection_of_typefaces#Design_patents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I

• SllX 3y ago
  Wow. I did not know that “design patents” were a thing, but that puts some additional context into the churn of typefaces. Thanks!
• unethical_ban 3y ago
  If HN had a "pin" feature for comments, this would take the cake. It feels far too coincidental for this not to be relevant. Fashion/busybodies of font stylists and marketing and display variance may play a part, but the timing cannot be unrelated.
  • e12e 3y ago
    Fwiw you can "favorite" comments - you need to select/"go to" the comment (click the timestamp) - then click "favorite". Like with stories, upvotes ar private, favourites are public: https://news.ycombinator.com/favorites?id=e12e&comments=t https://news.ycombinator.com/favorites?id=e12e&comments=t