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It appears as though the real problem is address near the end of the article under a heading that has nothing to do it: Monotype is switching to a subscription

by II2II 3y ago

It appears as though the real problem is address near the end of the article under a heading that has nothing to do it: Monotype is switching to a subscription model that will likely weigh strongly in their own favor, and there is little that anyone can do about it since they are essentially a monopoly. Most of that was buried under a heading about AI. While the handful of sentences addressing AI were dismissive, my initial thoughts were directed towards the opening paragraphs of the article. They were describing a case where the creator received $12 in royalties for a font used in a major film. The irony is the font emulated handwriting, which is the sort of font that would benefit from all too human variation even if that human variation is emulated by a machine (e.g. using AI).

bemusedthrow75 3y ago
Making a font from one's own handwriting is an intriguing experience even if you don't go for cursive. I decided I wanted my own (rather idiosyncratic) handwriting to use in some training materials, and an evening spent with a cheap and cheerful iPad app gained me a font to use for labels and captions. It's slightly eerie to see it.
- thechao 3y ago
  Would you mind saying which app? I've always wanted to do this! EDIT: especially if it supports ligatures. I have some whacky ligatures that are distinctive to my handwriting.
  - bemusedthrow75 3y ago
    It was absolutely ages ago now, it might not still be around (I have a feeling it is one of the apps that didn't make it to 64 bit iOS). Can't remember if it did ligatures. I will look through my purchases shortly and edit this/comment again... Edit: it was iFontMaker. And it's still around! I might have to have another go with this, because I last used it so long ago that I was using one of those rubber-tipped Wacom passive stylus things...
  - gcanyon 3y ago
    Not OP, but a quick search found this, which is apparently not free: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fontmaker-font-keyboard-app/id1573791613 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fontmaker-font-keyboard-app/id...
Animats 3y ago
> Monotype is switching to a subscription model That's big news. You have to pay a font bill for your site every year?

by II2II 3y ago

bemusedthrow75 3y ago

Making a font from one's own handwriting is an intriguing experience even if you don't go for cursive. I decided I wanted my own (rather idiosyncratic) handwriting to use in some training materials, and an evening spent with a cheap and cheerful iPad app gained me a font to use for labels and captions. It's slightly eerie to see it.

thechao 3y ago
Would you mind saying which app? I've always wanted to do this! EDIT: especially if it supports ligatures. I have some whacky ligatures that are distinctive to my handwriting.
- bemusedthrow75 3y ago
  It was absolutely ages ago now, it might not still be around (I have a feeling it is one of the apps that didn't make it to 64 bit iOS). Can't remember if it did ligatures. I will look through my purchases shortly and edit this/comment again... Edit: it was iFontMaker. And it's still around! I might have to have another go with this, because I last used it so long ago that I was using one of those rubber-tipped Wacom passive stylus things...
- gcanyon 3y ago
  Not OP, but a quick search found this, which is apparently not free: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fontmaker-font-keyboard-app/id1573791613 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fontmaker-font-keyboard-app/id...

Animats 3y ago

> Monotype is switching to a subscription model That's big news. You have to pay a font bill for your site every year?