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  • DreDogg
    Registered User
    • Sep 2005
    • 60
    #1

    Holding Website Fonts Hostage

    Is it right for a web designer to not provide the fonts used on a project out of spite for firing them?

    Is there anyone here who can identify a font or provide a resource where it can be found out?
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    • ottopottomouse
      She is ugly, bad luck.
      • Jan 2010
      • 13177
      #2
      www.identifont.com

      or just post an image. A lot of people can just recognise a font on sight.
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      13101

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        • czarina
          Webmaster Extraordinaire
          • Jul 2002
          • 10752
          #3
          if you have the PSDs, just click on the text layer with the text tool and it'll tell you what it is.
          Otherwise try WhatTheFont from fonts.com

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            • candyflip
              Carpe Visio
              • Jul 2002
              • 43069
              #4
              What if it's a font he paid for and doesn't have the license to just give it out for you to use as well.

              Spend you some brain.
              Email Me

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                • DreDogg
                  Registered User
                  • Sep 2005
                  • 60
                  #5
                  Thanks everyone.

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                    • DreDogg
                      Registered User
                      • Sep 2005
                      • 60
                      #6
                      is it simply a dick move to not give the font upon being asked by a customer who paid in full?

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                        • ottopottomouse
                          She is ugly, bad luck.
                          • Jan 2010
                          • 13177
                          #7
                          Did the full price specifically include the font?

                          Can't you just buy it.
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                            • DreDogg
                              Registered User
                              • Sep 2005
                              • 60
                              #8
                              Originally posted by ottopottomouse
                              Did the full price specifically include the font?
                              You would think so right? Not with this idiot.

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                                • react
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Sep 2003
                                  • 673
                                  #9
                                  Comic sans I think.
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                                  react

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                                    • candyflip
                                      Carpe Visio
                                      • Jul 2002
                                      • 43069
                                      #10
                                      Like I said. He might not have the right to do so.

                                      If this is a commercial font you either buy it or pay the designer who has the license t make your changes.

                                      This is how it is done in the real wrld.

                                      Spend you some brain.
                                      Email Me

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                                        • KillerK
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • May 2008
                                          • 3406
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by candyflip
                                          Like I said. He might not have the right to do so.

                                          If this is a commercial font you either buy it or pay the designer who has the license t make your changes.

                                          This is how it is done in the real wrld.
                                          as if you'd buy fonts, you'd steal them

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                                            • madawgz
                                              8.8.8.8
                                              • Mar 2006
                                              • 30509
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by ottopottomouse
                                              www.identifont.com

                                              or just post an image. A lot of people can just recognise a font on sight.
                                              wow thats a really cool site, must have taken some time to put together those questions
                                              TAEMDLRMSKRJIXMRLSMRJ.

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                                                • v4 media
                                                  Confirmed User
                                                  • Feb 2005
                                                  • 2934
                                                  #13
                                                  Unless they were free ones or you specifically paid for the font then nope you shouldn't get them.

                                                  Look at the price of some fonts. Should a designer give you a $150 font free.

                                                  It's like going to a mechanic and saying great you fixed my car, give me that special wrench you used for free so I can fix it myself next time.

                                                  If I'm going to use a purchased font, I'd tell the client in advance and tell them how much it costs, it's then up to them to buy it. But usually you can find a free one that looks pretty similar.
                                                  Last edited by v4 media; 11-15-2010, 01:56 AM.

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                                                    • V_RocKs
                                                      Damn Right I Kiss Ass!
                                                      • Nov 2003
                                                      • 32449
                                                      #14
                                                      I fucked your mom... Do you also want to fuck her for free? Sick monkey!

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                                                        • Zayne E.
                                                          Confirmed User
                                                          • Apr 2002
                                                          • 1383
                                                          #15
                                                          Fonts the designer had to pay for, does not have the license to redistribute, etc., should be converted to a Smart Object, Shape or Curves prior to delivering the Creative so resizing of the text can take place. Any edits would have to go through the designer who holds the legal right to the font. If you wanted the font so you can make additional marketing collateral you should acquire your own license...or make your other creatives with a different (free, system) font

                                                          Likewise, if you have a design that has a pay font and you want a new designer to make you creatives using that font, when you deliver it to the designer for the job, you need to inform them the font is a pay font and strictly for use with your project. If the designer likes/wants to use the font on his own, they should acquire their own license to use the font.

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                                                            • Davy
                                                              Confirmed User
                                                              • Apr 2006
                                                              • 4323
                                                              #16
                                                              What candyflip said.

                                                              Originally posted by KillerK
                                                              as if you'd buy fonts, you'd steal them
                                                              You = idiot. You know, there are still people around who do not go into a store and steal their food. You obviously are not one of them.
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                                                              ICQ 14-76-98 <-- I don't use this at all

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