Post #954993
2025-05-18 19:58 UTC
Designer: Writes a nice 3-sentence email asking about using some of my fonts.
Me: Replies with a 600-word essay explaining every possible thing there is to know about those fonts.
Replies (2)
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@HEX@typo.social 2025-05-19 17:03
Designer: Spends $60 to use my fonts in a publication they’re making. Me: Spends $80 to buy a copy of that publication.
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@cjtype@mastodon.social 2025-05-19 08:13
@HEX lol, I end up doing the same thing. I was stressing about it when I did that recently with this record label and they didn’t reply for a while (they were just busy). When they finally wrote back they said they appreciated all the background info, and I ended up sending them unreleased weights to try, which they were stoked about. Though unintentional, it ends up rewarding the customers who appreciate the details and maybe weeding out ones that don’t. And I’m fine with that