- From: Brad Chase <brad_chase@met.bitstream.com>
- Date: Mon, 12 Aug 96 10:33:20 edt
- To: www-font@w3.org
Erik van Blokland wrote:
> Indeed. Actually, it will be the non free fonts that people will be
> continue to be interested in, and not because Matthew Carter and Tom
> Rickner didn't do a good job, the fonts are great. But having a
> different typeface on your pages than your neighbour makes you stand
> out and get attention (bluntly speaking). Though free fonts will please
> a lot of people just because it is free, the fact that everybody has
> access to them, the thing that stands out will be more intersting.
I agree. In fact, once it is possible to publish HTML documents with fonts,
I think the web page designer's insatiable appetite for new and interesting
fonts will be a major opportunity for type designers. All we have to do is
get together and make it work!
Brad Chase
Product Manager
Bitstream Inc.
Received on Monday, 12 August 1996 10:44:19 UTC