Comment by kouteiheika

Comment by kouteiheika 6 hours ago

> The lack of competence from companies that acquire Japanese companies, and then fail to even price things in yen or offer support packages that cater to Japanese customers is really something.

In general I don't think it's just that. Pretty much all font foundries have... insufferable business models.

I once emailed one Japanese foundry asking to license one of their font to use on my website. I wanted a perpetual, one-time license to use on a single website, and I wanted to store and serve their font from my server. I was even prepared to pay low four figures for it.

Nope. I was told I need to pay a subscription fee, and I need to use their crappy Javascript to serve it. Okay, if you don't want my money then I'm not going to insist.

rvnx 5 hours ago

Soon they are going out of business anyway since they will be replaced by generative AI (which will look the same)

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jacobn 5 hours ago

Shameless plug: https://fonthero.com - gen AI fonts, free while in beta ;)

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- xigoi 4 hours ago
  
  The fonts seem to have little Unicode coverage (no Greek letters for example), which is one thing that I wouldn’t expect an AI to have a problem with.
  
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  RobotToaster 3 hours ago
  
  Given that Chinese/Japanese characters are made from a limited number of strokes, generating them seems like an ideal application for AI.
  
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- tecleandor 3 hours ago
  
  No thanks. Not only for the AI, but I've tried to write a little japanese and all the fonts appear blank.
  
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- wolfi1 5 hours ago
  
  and after beta?
  
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- umanwizard 5 hours ago
  
  Please stop plugging AI crap on HN. If the relevance of human creativity is indeed breathing its last gasp, let us enjoy it in peace.
  And if not, then AI is overhyped and plugging it is even less justifiable.
  Either way, just stop.
  
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  adamsmark 5 hours ago
  
  You can still make art for yourself.
  Admittedly Pre-AI, someone might have spammed their font business and received a similar frustrated response.
  Maybe it's more about the shilling?
  
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  irusensei 2 hours ago
  
  Please don't be irrational. We all can make fun at clueless suits desperately throwing money at the AI buzzword furnace while still recognizing there are practical applications for it.
  
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  thaumasiotes 2 hours ago
  
  You know, I'd have to say that responding to a comment that says "Japanese font foundries are about to be replaced with generative AI" with a plug for your generative-AI fonts is about as on topic as you can be. I challenge you to describe a reason why that's a bad response.
  
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