Free fonts?

I am inclined to agree, I won't pay £500 for a single photo and I won't pay it for a font but most fonts are around the 20-100 dollar mark which I don't mind paying, to be honest and you do have it forever (as long as you don't lose it-imagine losing and $650 font!). I get a bit frustrated with the free font sites (urbanfonts.com being the exception). You have a to trawl through all of those fonts, gives me shudders just thinking about it. I prefer it when someone refers me to a good free font, so then I don't actually have to find it myself.

Pete.

I agree... when someone puts up something in the critique forum and the font looks nice, I'll usually ask if it's free and where it came from. Those are the easiest ways of doing it. I've found some sweet ones that are really "current" that way.

And also, you bought a font pack for $200 you said. Well, veer have a few font-packs for sale, in one I noticed you get about 280 fonts for the measly sum of $6000. That's just ridiculous! I liek the fonts and there are all different ones but there is simply no way you would pay it, you'd have to be sure of every single font (which you wouldn't be) if you were going to even think of spending that much (which you wouldn't).

I'm all for buying great fonts but some people take it too far.

Pete.

I want to meet someone who'll pay that much for fonts.
and slap em
adobe suite, is like $1900 i think.
and that gives you a good few fonts and the best software about.

$6000? Man!!!!!!!!! That's insane. Maybe printing companies are buying that? Ad agencies? I have no idea.

if you buy it,
is it just yours?
or can other people buy it too?

You don't get resale rights as far as I'm aware. I suppose if your were a biggish company who spends a lot of money on fonts anyway, it would make sense. Apparently you save about 50% or something but still, it's pricey.

Pete.

i guess those prices would be reasonable if no one else could legally use the font

Anyone can buy it from the foundry or from the maker, but you can't sell it is what I meant. These are not exclusive, custom fonts. They are seriously pricey.

Pete.

bloody rip offs
p.s.
you always have Pete. at the end your posts,
but it's not your sig. do you type it every time?

Yeah, every time. I do it in emails too. I don't like sigs really, never have done. They're good for sticking links in but not for signing off with.

Pete.

ha
i can hardly go one post without a smily face.

Since we are off topic I'm closing the thread.