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Why? I think they would publish good typefaces, which is very different. And by and large they do.

• tptacek 17y ago
  Which would those be? The last font Apple seems to have commissioned was Skia (blech).
  • gchpaco 17y ago
    Zapfino is the most immediate counter that comes to mind. Monaco was for decades the best monospaced font going. My Mac has Futura on it (a fantastically influential and important font that I happen to dislike aesthetically a great deal), Gill Sans (probably the best sans serif body font), Hoefler Text (gorgeous), Optima and Palatino, for starters. You don't need to commission new fonts if you have the good taste to buy the distribution rights for excellent existing fonts.
    • tptacek 17y ago
      The only fonts in that list that Apple commissioned are Monaco and Hoefler Text, both from more than ten years ago. I'm not complaining that Apple ships with a poor selection of fonts. I'm complaining that despite the heritage, they don't appear to be innovating with typography at all anymore. Microsoft is simply crushing them on this front.
      • jemmons 17y ago
        You're confused. Microsoft isn't innovating here either. They're paying someone to innovate. That's why it's called "commission". If Apple employed great type designers and was giving them nothing to do, that'd be a problem. But there's been no shortage of great font releases without Apple's patronage -- and all these releases can be installed on a Mac. So what's your real problem here?