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Web font licensing is completely bananas. The first one I clicked (Quiz) is $30.000 / year for unlimited pageviews - and that's self-hosted. A perpetual license
by crote 3y ago
Web font licensing is completely bananas. The first one I clicked (Quiz) is $30.000 / year for unlimited pageviews - and that's self-hosted. A perpetual license is $150.000. Proxima Nova doesn't even offer a perpetual license at all.
Meanwhile, the exact same font is $30 for a perpetual desktop license. That allows you to create a logo in Photoshop and use that on your website - or use it for a printed document with tens of millions of copies. Or you can get an App license, which allows you to use it in a single app for $500 / year - regardless of the number of installations.
Web fonts are just a complete ripoff, it seems. Considering font faces can't even be copyrighted in the US, you'd be better off hiring someone to make a copy by tracing it!
- hnisforfascists 3y ago[dead]