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I'm out of the loop on pricing models for fonts, but is it normal to base it on number of visitors to your site?

youngtaff 11mo ago
Depends on the vendor… some also prevent things like subsetting or rely on methods for counting usage that slow down pages (Typekit)
bobbylarrybobby 11mo ago
Yes
thelogicguy 11mo ago
This is consistent with photo licensing, which is often scaled based on the potential number of viewers for both print and digital.
- lol768 11mo ago
  > This is consistent with photo licensing On the contrary, I would say this is increasingly unusual nowadays. There are print restrictions on e.g. iStock content, but there's no attempt to "ration" the number of visitors that see a stock photo at a specific price point. It's something that's generally put me off from licensing paid fonts - despite the work that has gone into them, because you're almost signing a blank cheque and it's not easy to know how many visitors are scraping content for LLMs.
stronglikedan 11mo ago
Yes, and this pricing is quite reasonable too.
- LimeLimestone 11mo ago
  I'm even more outside the loop, what happens if on my personal blog I don't have any analytics and don't do any metering so I have no idea how many visitors I get?
  - acherion 11mo ago
    The way these kinds of fonts work is that you don't host the font, they do. You link the font licence you purchased through your HTML code (or CSS, depending on how the foundry recommends you to apply the font) with a specific font URL that they provide you, which will contain unique identifiers. Then they can track how often the font gets loaded. If your site really kicks off and you max out those visits per month (that they track on their end), they either start charging you the higher tier, cut off loading your font, or send you stern emails. There is no expectation that you share your analytics with a type foundry.
    - entropie 11mo ago
      > You link the font licence you purchased through your HTML code Ugh, hard pass for me. It a nice font thought
    - petercooper 11mo ago
      Not to take away from your fantastic explanation but I should note that’s not universal. There are foundries that operate on an honor basis and let you self host the font too.
      - acherion 11mo ago
        Noted, I thought Future Fonts did the same system as many other type foundries out there, evidently not. Thanks for letting me know.
    - tobr 11mo ago
      That’s not true. I’ve bought fonts on Future Fonts and I received a download link to get the files. I think it’s fundamentally an honor system.
      - JasonSage 11mo ago
        When there's a license you're either violating the license agreement or you're not. That's not an honor system.
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Depends on the vendor… some also prevent things like subsetting or rely on methods for counting usage that slow down pages (Typekit)

bobbylarrybobby 11mo ago

Yes

thelogicguy 11mo ago

This is consistent with photo licensing, which is often scaled based on the potential number of viewers for both print and digital.

lol768 11mo ago
> This is consistent with photo licensing On the contrary, I would say this is increasingly unusual nowadays. There are print restrictions on e.g. iStock content, but there's no attempt to "ration" the number of visitors that see a stock photo at a specific price point. It's something that's generally put me off from licensing paid fonts - despite the work that has gone into them, because you're almost signing a blank cheque and it's not easy to know how many visitors are scraping content for LLMs.

stronglikedan 11mo ago

Yes, and this pricing is quite reasonable too.

LimeLimestone 11mo ago
I'm even more outside the loop, what happens if on my personal blog I don't have any analytics and don't do any metering so I have no idea how many visitors I get?
- acherion 11mo ago
  The way these kinds of fonts work is that you don't host the font, they do. You link the font licence you purchased through your HTML code (or CSS, depending on how the foundry recommends you to apply the font) with a specific font URL that they provide you, which will contain unique identifiers. Then they can track how often the font gets loaded. If your site really kicks off and you max out those visits per month (that they track on their end), they either start charging you the higher tier, cut off loading your font, or send you stern emails. There is no expectation that you share your analytics with a type foundry.
  - entropie 11mo ago
    > You link the font licence you purchased through your HTML code Ugh, hard pass for me. It a nice font thought
  - petercooper 11mo ago
    Not to take away from your fantastic explanation but I should note that’s not universal. There are foundries that operate on an honor basis and let you self host the font too.
    - acherion 11mo ago
      Noted, I thought Future Fonts did the same system as many other type foundries out there, evidently not. Thanks for letting me know.
  - tobr 11mo ago
    That’s not true. I’ve bought fonts on Future Fonts and I received a download link to get the files. I think it’s fundamentally an honor system.
    - JasonSage 11mo ago
      When there's a license you're either violating the license agreement or you're not. That's not an honor system.

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