Sam Berlow of @nprofile1q... interviewed by @nprofile1q... for type.today journal: https://type.today/en/journal/thetypefounders/. Good questions and fairly transparent answers. This is the most I’ve read about their business.
“When we started this, the designers were thinking: how am I going to stop running this business and still get paid for my intellectual property? And the only real option was to sell to Monotype. So our idea was to come up with a different kind of plan, where you could sell your foundry — but continue to work. Your foundry would still have a place on the internet, its history would be preserved, and it could continue to grow even after the sale. We wanted to reassure designers that their legacy would continue.”
#TypeIndustry #TheTypeFounders #TypeDesign #Fonts
“When we started this, the designers were thinking: how am I going to stop running this business and still get paid for my intellectual property? And the only real option was to sell to Monotype. So our idea was to come up with a different kind of plan, where you could sell your foundry — but continue to work. Your foundry would still have a place on the internet, its history would be preserved, and it could continue to grow even after the sale. We wanted to reassure designers that their legacy would continue.”
#TypeIndustry #TheTypeFounders #TypeDesign #Fonts
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