Comments on: Helveticons

By: JS

JS — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 05:56:42 +0000

Oh — now I see what JWatt was talking about, in my feed reader I can’t click through to your permalink and comment…

I think title linking is more of a feeds problem than mother-site issue.

By: Ephram Zerb

Ephram Zerb — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 04:45:22 +0000

Yes, definitely worth the price tag. BTW, alfbrand, one of the reasons I wouldn’t buy this set outright is because of this one thing you said to me once: why buy when you can make? I’ve been making my own sub-par icons ever since.

By: alfbrand

alfbrand — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 04:03:03 +0000

Definitely posed to stand the test of time. Excellent set, and well worth the price tag.

By: Ephram Zerb

Ephram Zerb — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:56:33 +0000

Love seeing a diversity of opinion, but I disagree.

Just like I enjoy paying for software and rewarding the creator directly, I don’t mind paying for useful design artifacts.

Pilgrim’s shrill argument is more focused on interoperability and distribution of said typefaces, which I agree, is in an unfortunately sad state. The type foundry’s business model also comes off as a bit archaic.

You obviously don’t just pay for the typeface assets, you pay for the years of specialized learning, research and production that went into creating it. To me, that is immensely valuable, and I will always pay for something that brings cultural context as well as a professional rigor into my work.

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:55:44 +0000

Just like Helvetica, these are unfree. Like Mark said: Fuck the foundries...