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FONT RECOGNITION VIA FONT MOOSE
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Brian J. Bonislawsky
Brian, who runs Astigmatic One Eye (AOE), was shocked to find a web site with 3000 fonts, and asked co-readers of a type discussion group to help him shut down the site, which presumably was packed with commercial fonts. Upon closer scrutiny (by me, NOT Brian), that site, ClipartXtras, had mainly fonts from SWFTE and Bitstream. This is interesting, as SWFTE itself was sued for copyright infringement by the big foundries, and is considered as a bad boy in the pack. But it is indicative of a trend: if it's commercial, it must be defended at all costs. If it's free, don't bother. Without asking any questions at all. It is ironic that Brian would, by his actions and lack of research of the site, unknowingly take up the defense of SWFTE. |
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