Re:I had no idea that one company basically owns every font
by Terr_ on Sunday August 27, 2023 @06:52PM
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> [designers] would laugh in your face if you told them that fonts are something that ought to be provided "for free"
That's a big *whoosh* or else you just felt like attacking a strawman.
Like I already said, I'm referring to how all major operating systems (including desktop Linux distros) bundle dozens of fonts to cover common needs. No average consumer is expected to spend additional money gaining the ability to see Greek math symbols or pseudo-handwriting or whatever.
It isn't the 1990s where you might see a retail-display box for Microsoft Windows 3.x adjacent to Microsoft TrueType Font Pack for Windows and Adobe Type Basics.
Similarly, disk-defragmentation tools are now in there "for free", and a TCP/IP stack is there "for free", etc.
That's a big *whoosh* or else you just felt like attacking a strawman.
Like I already said, I'm referring to how all major operating systems (including desktop Linux distros) bundle dozens of fonts to cover common needs. No average consumer is expected to spend additional money gaining the ability to see Greek math symbols or pseudo-handwriting or whatever.
It isn't the 1990s where you might see a retail-display box for Microsoft Windows 3.x adjacent to Microsoft TrueType Font Pack for Windows and Adobe Type Basics.
Similarly, disk-defragmentation tools are now in there "for free", and a TCP/IP stack is there "for free", etc.