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Re:Helvetica Now Variable by _greim_ on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @03:22PM (#28213766)
If you (the end user) download and install a font on your machine, or buy an OS with it pre-installed, then you (the end user) are paying the licensing for it.

If you (the website operator) link to a font from your CSS file so end users' browsers will download and render text with it, then you (the website operator) are paying the licensing fees.

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Re:Helvetica Now Variable by kwonkicker on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @02:12AM (#28218173)
That is the most insane thing ive heard. Am i to pay extra for every person passing by the billboard ive designed?! Who thought this was ok?! So i could go broke if my website goes viral for the wrong reasons?! Insanity.
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Re:Helvetica Now Variable by _greim_ on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @11:18AM (#28222343)
Simple solution, just use an open font!
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