Yep: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotype_Imaging#Consolidation...
Fontworks’ team, type inventory, IP, technology, and services will join global type specialist Monotype–Monotype’s first acquisition in Japan.
It is a nasty aftereffect of the copyright law expanding like cancer.
I would gladly go back to the older 14+14 system, even though I have nontrivial income from royalties. In my opinion, copyright should motivate people to create new things, not one cash cow that they then will milk for eternity.
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Reddit is weird these days. I'm not even sure how this is related to fonts.
Additional anecdote about Monotype pricing policies:
https://old.reddit.com/r/graphic_design/comments/1jqqlm6/mon...