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They can and do find out.

I used to work for a company that got hit up by Monotype for a six figure fine to pay for using one of their fonts. The previous head of design hadn’t bothered to sort tricky things like paying for fonts, mainly, I think, because he knew senior management wouldn’t spring for it.

We switched them out for free alternatives and negotiated down the fee, but they still had to part with a good amount of cash.



Companies which depend on IP trolling for their primary revenue always end up being extortionists who drain society without producing further value.


As one of the world’s largest type foundaries I wouldn’t say that Monotype doesn’t provide value.

They had us bang to rights for using one of their fonts on a site with over 1bn annual pageviews without a licence.




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