Running Costs of a SaaS app

Re:Running Costs of a SaaS app by destroytoday on Monday February 20, 2017 @01:38PM (#13689727)

It’s less about distinguishing the app with another font and more about designing the app with what I had in mind—the system fonts and more affordable fonts didn’t feel right to me.

Even though I consider myself more of a developer, I went to school for design and it’s a big part of my work, so the look and feel is just as important to me as whether the app works or not. Sure, we could’ve saved $500, but I wouldn’t enjoy using the app as much, or working on it.

I also got to support two type foundries that I really respect. (JAF & Dalton Maag)

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Re:Running Costs of a SaaS app by codeisawesome on Monday February 20, 2017 @10:00PM (#13692908)

The website looks wonderful, and considering just how much text you need to use to get ideas across, the font money seems well spent. The entire page looks... delicious.

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Re:Running Costs of a SaaS app by destroytoday on Tuesday February 21, 2017 @08:17AM (#13695177)

Thanks!

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Re:Running Costs of a SaaS app by jaxn on Monday February 20, 2017 @02:29PM (#13690156)

I am just using fonts from Google Web Fonts, but when we made the change we had several users reach out with how much they love the new fonts.

Since then, I am very intentional about using fonts consistently and intentionally. I could definitely see us "upgrading" our fonts when we do a design refresh.

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Re:Running Costs of a SaaS app by machbio on Monday February 20, 2017 @01:44PM (#13689780)

"the system fonts and more affordable fonts didn’t feel right to me"..Thank you - that makes sense

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