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I really like his Codelia font; but I just can't justify spending that much on a font when there's so many free alternatives. Wish the was a cheaper non-commerc

by strunz 2y ago

I really like his Codelia font; but I just can't justify spending that much on a font when there's so many free alternatives. Wish the was a cheaper non-commercial license.

groby_b 2y ago
$15.50 for something you use every moment of your working life? It's not that much. It's fine to use free versions instead, but maybe let's stop asking for freebies from folks who make their living that way, especially from Indy folks. (Badger your average megacorp for free stuff for all you want, they'll find ways to extract money somehow)
- Eezee 2y ago
  You need at the very least 4 of those $15.50 fonts to cover italic and bold. If I could get the entire font family for $30 or so I would consider it despite all the free alternatives, but $150 is just way too much if you are making a non-US salary.
  - brantonb 2y ago
    There is a “Comic Code Coding Essentials“ bundle for $30, licensed for up to 5 users. Unfortunately, it’s at the very bottom of the page so it’s easy to miss.
  - groby_b 2y ago
    I suppose I'm the last person alive to just use plain text. So, yes, sorry for that omission. The full collection is $100. At average European salaries, that's (at worst) half a day of work. Not unnoticeable, but if you care about your tools, not an amount that's entirely unreasonable. The coding family is, as you say, $30 - 90 minutes of work. Beyond US, Europe, and other affluent countries, yes, it gets somewhat unaffordable. I don't have a good answer here. But I don't think asking indy folks to fix global inequality is the right answer, either. They need to live too. Some choose to release their fonts for free (Monaspace, Comic Mono, Inconsolata...), but that's a choice they made for themselves. They ultimately decided it was affordable for them to do that. And that's great! But I really have a problem with complaining about people who are trying to make a living, demanding they give away their work. One because it's somewhat entitled ("I deserve to get your work for free"), and two because it's a large part of what discourages indy work. Something our industry sorely needs.
- e40 2y ago
  $30 is the bundle that seems minimally useful. Does it work on all OSes?
  - happymellon 2y ago
    > Font formats > .OTF, .TTF, .WOFF, .WOFF2 Hopefully your OS of choice supports one of those.
    - unplug8224 2y ago
      Font creators once again treating TempleOS users like they don't exist? Color me shocked. Jokes aside, this is the only font I've ever paid for, and I use it for all my text editing across Linux/MacOS/Windows with no issues.
- fsckboy 2y ago
  >$15.50 for something you use every moment of your working life? $16 to upgrade my life? well worth it. $16 to own something that I'd need to carry around for the rest of my life in a file, or track a download code for, and configure into every new system I boot up, and... nah, that's buying a responsibility creatives out there: you are using and benefitting from the free open source internet where other creatives gave away their work product free. Stop trying to monetize your tiny contributions.
  - ghssds 2y ago
    True. The only ethical way to obtain money is by working for a corporation. Corporations are the only entities that legitimately can sell anything.
    - monban 2y ago
      As the common saying goes, no ethical consumption without capitalism!
  - creata 2y ago
    > Stop trying to monetize your tiny contributions. If you think they're not worth it then just click away. And syncing a file isn't exactly hard in 2024.
- bmitc 2y ago
  That's actually insanely cheap for a font as well.

by strunz 2y ago

I really like his Codelia font; but I just can't justify spending that much on a font when there's so many free alternatives. Wish the was a cheaper non-commercial license.

groby_b 2y ago

$15.50 for something you use every moment of your working life? It's not that much. It's fine to use free versions instead, but maybe let's stop asking for freebies from folks who make their living that way, especially from Indy folks. (Badger your average megacorp for free stuff for all you want, they'll find ways to extract money somehow)

Eezee 2y ago
You need at the very least 4 of those $15.50 fonts to cover italic and bold. If I could get the entire font family for $30 or so I would consider it despite all the free alternatives, but $150 is just way too much if you are making a non-US salary.
- brantonb 2y ago
  There is a “Comic Code Coding Essentials“ bundle for $30, licensed for up to 5 users. Unfortunately, it’s at the very bottom of the page so it’s easy to miss.
- groby_b 2y ago
  I suppose I'm the last person alive to just use plain text. So, yes, sorry for that omission. The full collection is $100. At average European salaries, that's (at worst) half a day of work. Not unnoticeable, but if you care about your tools, not an amount that's entirely unreasonable. The coding family is, as you say, $30 - 90 minutes of work. Beyond US, Europe, and other affluent countries, yes, it gets somewhat unaffordable. I don't have a good answer here. But I don't think asking indy folks to fix global inequality is the right answer, either. They need to live too. Some choose to release their fonts for free (Monaspace, Comic Mono, Inconsolata...), but that's a choice they made for themselves. They ultimately decided it was affordable for them to do that. And that's great! But I really have a problem with complaining about people who are trying to make a living, demanding they give away their work. One because it's somewhat entitled ("I deserve to get your work for free"), and two because it's a large part of what discourages indy work. Something our industry sorely needs.
e40 2y ago
$30 is the bundle that seems minimally useful. Does it work on all OSes?
- happymellon 2y ago
  > Font formats > .OTF, .TTF, .WOFF, .WOFF2 Hopefully your OS of choice supports one of those.
  - unplug8224 2y ago
    Font creators once again treating TempleOS users like they don't exist? Color me shocked. Jokes aside, this is the only font I've ever paid for, and I use it for all my text editing across Linux/MacOS/Windows with no issues.
fsckboy 2y ago
>$15.50 for something you use every moment of your working life? $16 to upgrade my life? well worth it. $16 to own something that I'd need to carry around for the rest of my life in a file, or track a download code for, and configure into every new system I boot up, and... nah, that's buying a responsibility creatives out there: you are using and benefitting from the free open source internet where other creatives gave away their work product free. Stop trying to monetize your tiny contributions.
- ghssds 2y ago
  True. The only ethical way to obtain money is by working for a corporation. Corporations are the only entities that legitimately can sell anything.
  - monban 2y ago
    As the common saying goes, no ethical consumption without capitalism!
- creata 2y ago
  > Stop trying to monetize your tiny contributions. If you think they're not worth it then just click away. And syncing a file isn't exactly hard in 2024.
bmitc 2y ago
That's actually insanely cheap for a font as well.