Re:You Wouldn't Steal a Font
by gkoberger on Wednesday April 23, 2025 @09:12PM
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No, because Saffron is a physical commodity with inherent production costs, supply chain logistics, and a finite supply. A better analogy would be that if you bought a saffron crocus, you shouldn't have to pay a monthly fee to harvest it.
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This doesn't mean anything. Things are not generally sold at their bill of materials cost. If you don't want to pay what Monotype is charging, don't use Monotype faces. It's exactly that simple. There a gajillion alternative faces, and a very large number of them are of high quality.
> Things are not generally sold at their bill of materials cost
In a perfectly competitive market things are sold at cost of production + a small markup.