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Re:Twitter's new font, Chirp, is apparently giving some user... by davmar on Thursday August 12, 2021 @03:48PM (#28160630)
I don't think this is accurate.

If they're just specifying a font (e.g. 'Helvetica') in their CSS, it's loaded from the users' machine and doesn't cost anything.

Otherwise every site on the internet would be paying fees for fonts.

I could be wrong. Please inform me if I am.

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Re:Twitter's new font, Chirp, is apparently giving some user... by maccolgan on Friday August 13, 2021 @09:16AM (#28168457)
That's obviously true for system-provided fonts but fonts like Helvetica Neue aren't typically available on any platform by default and has to be loaded in...
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