Post #1749271

2026-04-14 15:19 UTC

“Designers described spending time in client meetings justifying why a font costs money at all, let alone why using it on a website requires a different license than using it in print. Many said they’ve simply defaulted to Google Fonts in those situations because the explanation is too difficult.” ☝️ This is precisely what I&#39;ve done, and what I&#39;ve seen my webdev peers do *so* often! I&#39;m curious to see how Fontstand will tackle this. Keeping an eye on this. https://fontstand.com/news/design-news/survey/ #webdev #design #typography

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@jamesdoesdev@mastodon.world 2026-04-14 16:37

@pixelambacht the ‘per 100,000’ views licensing for web fonts has always seemed insane to me. Why would I buy something that I can’t predict the long term cost of? How do I sell that to a client? It’s not like anyone charges for fonts by how much traffic a billboard or poster gets! Makes me wonder how many sales fonts actually see for web specific usage.

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@klim@typo.social 2026-04-14 18:53

@pixelambacht To be fair… it's not just a webfont thing, right? “Marketers described spending time in client meetings justifying why a website costs money at all, let alone why using a web designer requires a different skillset than using a print designer. Many said they’ve simply defaulted to Canva in those situations because the explanation is too difficult.”

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