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by fortawesome 10y ago
Simplest answer is we're going to use the money to build a product that people want. Now that we have more capital and really awesome committed users, we know more about what to make. We're 4 senior designers and developers that h
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by fortawesome 10y ago
Honestly, you can get by with $2k if you're frugal and can write it yourself. There are always younger folks who are up and coming (like Knox Avenue but earlier) who will take a shot. But it's a good bit of work sorting through th
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by fortawesome 10y ago
Correct. It's not okay to distribute commercial software to folks who have not paid. But Font Awesome Free is completely okay to include in the repo, as it is open source software. That said, we're letting open source projects use
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by fortawesome 10y ago
Estimation is key on a Kickstarter. We've got a team of 4 of the best designers and developers I've ever worked with who can deliver beautiful, usable products on time. It's the highest compliment I can pay them professionall
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by fortawesome 10y ago
You're exactly right. Honestly, we were going to make FA5 anyway. Was time.
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by fortawesome 10y ago
Really appreciate the kind words!
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by fortawesome 10y ago
Great that you're excited about the SVGs! We wanted to add more formats so as many folks as possible could use them. For a lot of folks, icon fonts are the way to go. But other folks want SVG. We get that, so we're adding them!
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by fortawesome 10y ago
That's a good thought. I'll check with the team and see if we want to add that to the $900k goal.
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by fortawesome 10y ago
Oh man. Thanks.
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by fortawesome 10y ago
If you're talking a private repo, that's no problem at all. As for a public repo, the same applies as to commercial typography. Don't make it available for download. This is part of why we're doing Font Awesome Pro CDN.
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by fortawesome 10y ago
So first, we got an absolute steal for what we paid for Knox Avenue ( http://www.knox-avenue.com ). For something similar from Sandwich Video, prices _start_ at $250k. We paid 1/10 that. But again, we got an absolute steal. K
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by fortawesome 10y ago
Just one night at the bakery from 6am to 6pm. There were a couple of shots they needed to get later, but it wasn't much at all. I think the intro and final scenes in the office were shot a couple of days later.
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by fortawesome 10y ago
Fair enough! We're going by Kickstarter's definitions: - Most funded: https://www.kickstarter.com/discover/categories/technology/s... - Most backed: https://www.kickstarter.com/disco
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by fortawesome 10y ago
Actually, we think the best way for us to keep making Font Awesome Free as good as it can be is to figure out how to be sustainable so we can put more time into Font Awesome. And the already-funded 38 stretch goal icon packs give 10 each ba
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by fortawesome 10y ago
Done!
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by fortawesome 10y ago
Those icons are Font Awesome 4.7, which is completely open source so you can do almost whatever you want with them. Font Awesome 5 will have a Free and Pro version. The Free version will be completely open source and you can use it however
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by fortawesome 10y ago
Hey folks! I'd love to answer any questions folks might have about running the Kickstarter or Font Awesome in general! -Dave Gandy
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How Font Awesome 5 Became Kickstarter’s Most Funded Software Project(articles.fortawesome.com)
315 points by fortawesome 10y ago|129 comments
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by fortawesome 10y ago
All actors. I don't think you want us on camera. :)
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by fortawesome 10y ago
It was less.
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by fortawesome 10y ago
Yes! Just add an extra $30 to your pledge and we'll take care of the rest during the survey phase!
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by fortawesome 10y ago
Thanks for the kind words! We had SO much film writing and filming that thing!
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by fortawesome 10y ago
Definitely an inspiration! Also Squatty Potty is a favorite.
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by fortawesome 10y ago
The implementation with the :before class definitely qualifies as a bit of a hack. No question. Some of the icons themselves represent something of a universal language for websites. Using those symbols in a typeface is similar in some ways
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by fortawesome 10y ago
Knox Avenue out of Los Angeles. Imagine getting a Sandwich Video made before they were astronomically expensive. Ping me over email and I'll make an intro. Amazingly talented and honestly my favorite human beings I've met in the p
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by fortawesome 10y ago
We prioritize based on number of upvotes. Most everything in 4.7 was over 100 upvotes and some even almost at 300. In FA5 we're adding a good number more brand icons. Entirely possible they make it in.
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by fortawesome 10y ago
Well, the real problem is that every resource is available for folks to use, even those that aren't intended (typefaces have the same problem). Ping me offline. We'll get you something for the open source project you're happy
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by fortawesome 10y ago
No, they get 5! They get to choose if they want mugs OR shirts. :) (Seriously, those mugs are going to be awesome. Enamelware lasts forever and we found this fantastic place to make them. They'll probably outlast me.)
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by fortawesome 10y ago
I'd say just don't put the commercial version in a public code repo where other folks could easily use it. But if you avoid that, open souce projects would definitely qualify for our $20 non-profit license. And Font Awesome 5 Free
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by fortawesome 10y ago
We normally prioritize from top to bottom based on number of requests and upvotes. For these, there just haven't been enough. I really like that icon category though. We'll add it to the potential stretch goal icon category packs.

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