CompuServe Messages

Earl: Your comments on the morality of duplicating fonts for commercial use with Metamorphosis were interesting. I'm of several minds on this issue. First, as a typehouse employee, it's going to hurt. One of the reasons people come to big typehouses in the first place is our font library. Now, if you can go to any BBS and pull down whatever face you need because BBS members have uploaded their various fonts, it's going to detract from the need to go to a typehouse to get a face. Secondly, a Monotype or a Linotype, who hold — a great cost — the original artwork to thousands of typefaces is going to have to think twice before releasing a time-honored classic that can be easily duped and legally distributed. Things might already be too late (most font companies, understandably, have rushed out their best and exclusive faces first). As a user, however, the whole idea of Metamorphosis is delightful. Please tell me the MINUTE it's ready to ship so in case someone like ITC or URW slaps you with an injunction, I'll at least have my copy. –jon