Graham Meade's posting on alt.binaries.fonts March 27, 2002 Fontpimps
.....	¶ In reality there is no real difference between commercialism of fonts and prostitution. Both of them are selling a product, service or item for the sole purpose of creating profit, regardless of the quality of service you receive and the end result in both cases (apologies for the language) is that you always end up screwed, financially and personally. To stretch the analogy further, free sex between consenting adults can be a wonderful and heart lifting affair, much like the affair that occurs between a free font maker and the users of those fonts. Font pimps only sell their whoretype on every street corner creating a tawdry atmosphere of temporary lust and greed. There is a place in the world for the fontpimps, for they fill a void, but please choose the only true love that a free, consenting font can provide for you. Like a partner, you are not going to get as professional a service as a prostitute could provide, but you will always get eternal loving.
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