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Sam Berlow of @thetypefounders.bsky.social interviewed by type.today journal: type.today/en/journal/t.... Good questions and pretty transparent answers. This is the most I’ve read about the company’s business structure. #TypeIndustry #TheTypeFounders #TypeDesign #Fonts

“When we started this, the designers were thinking: how am I going to stop running this business and still get paid for my intellectual property? And the only real option was to sell to Monotype. So our idea was to come up with a different kind of plan, where you could sell your foundry —

but continue to work. Your foundry would still have a place on the internet, its history would be preserved, and it could continue to grow even after the sale. We wanted to reassure designers that their legacy would continue.” IR: Will you theoretically sell to Monotype? SB: I would protest that.

'I would protest that' is not reassuring.

I sold to TTF in 22 (my work is in that article) because doing this full time and taking care of Mom is unsustainable not because I wanted to stop making type I signed on because these guys were the most cognizant of keeping Monotype’s foot off your neck, and they are doing a very good job of that