Comment by Suppafly

Comment by Suppafly 8 months ago

6 replies

>What saddens me is that a lot of people are so ignorant that they don't even realize a font is something that takes creativity, tradecraft and a lot of work/time/effort to design.

Except most of the creative part was done 100 years ago and companies are now trying to protect the fact that they digitized something that has existed for a century or longer.

codedokode 8 months ago

Not every font is digitized from old samples.

  • Suppafly 8 months ago

    They are still mostly derivative works in basically every sense.

    • lawn 8 months ago

      This broad generalization can apply to any creative endeavor such as music, movies, books, and TV series you know?

    • Fraterkes 8 months ago

      Confidently asserted obvious falsehood

      • unclad5968 8 months ago

        It's not obvious to me. Could you explain what makes fonts non-derivative?

        • Fraterkes 8 months ago

          In what way are fonts derivative that doesn't apply to everything else that is created?