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cbowman · 05-20-2008, 07:18 PM

I have to feel like a person who does design for a living I expect to be paid for quality work so I feel the same should be done to a foundry. There is a reason pay fonts are expensive you can design an entire flyer in say helvetica with 30 or so different weights and keep a great consistancy between all pieces you do for that customer. There is a great option out there for any design studio or print shop called adobe font folio. It has a couple thousand full typefaces ranging from the ITC foundry to all adobe fonts and weights. Using a free font tends to work great for a cool headline, but if you want to keep the consistency a good pay font is more than worth the $40 or $50 for it, I mean you are getting paid for your work, and you can't do yours without there so shouldn't you pay them.

05-20-2008, 07:18 PM	#16
cbowman Designer Join Date: May 2008 Location: Gilbert, Arizona Posts: 42	I have to feel like a person who does design for a living I expect to be paid for quality work so I feel the same should be done to a foundry. There is a reason pay fonts are expensive you can design an entire flyer in say helvetica with 30 or so different weights and keep a great consistancy between all pieces you do for that customer. There is a great option out there for any design studio or print shop called adobe font folio. It has a couple thousand full typefaces ranging from the ITC foundry to all adobe fonts and weights. Using a free font tends to work great for a cool headline, but if you want to keep the consistency a good pay font is more than worth the $40 or $50 for it, I mean you are getting paid for your work, and you can't do yours without there so shouldn't you pay them. __________________ Curtis Bowman Graphic Designer & Print Specialist www.cbowman.net