At 22:15 -0500 2004-12-07, John Cowan wrote:
I think it's more accurate to say that you need to find a way to compensate the font developer for his effort; this need not involve money. I, for example, create programs and give them to people for a reward I consider sufficient; professionally, I write bespoke software which is not useful to anyone but my employer; some 90% of all software written is in this class.
Read: "my employer pays me to make software".
(Are there bespoke fonts which the buyer keeps to himself?)
Yes. -- Michael Everson * * Everson Typography * * http://www.evertype.com