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Comment by mbonnet

2 months ago

You're missing a key thing: font face is an artistic choice. The current situation around font licensing is akin to one guy "owning" a color.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vantablack

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tptacek  2 months ago

No it's not. It's nothing at all like owning a color. A color is a property of nature. It's not an "artistic choice".

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