It would definitely be easier if everyone just used the same EULA across the board. Yet, since there are hundreds of type foundries across the globe (from one person shops all the way up to the big guys) you’re bound to get a wide variety of licenses. I always try to empathize with the small guy creating a high quality font in his basement over the course of a year or more. High quality work deserves compensation.

There will always be the guy who whips something out quickly who doesn’t expect to be paid. You can see a many examples of this out on the internet now. But you should also remember to never place the low quality fonts in the same bucket with a high quality font.

Economies of scale might work, if we had an iTunes of fonts, and every desktop user was fine paying for fonts. As it is right now, it’s an uphill battle to get many computer users to respect that fonts are software and should be paid for.

All the possible restrictions mentioned in the article only exist so the foundry can try and screw some more cash out of people who have already purchased a licence. It’s a stupid way of doing business. It’s like buying a car, getting home and finding out there is no ignition, so you can’t actually drive the car, and then you go back to the dealer and ask for the ignition, they tell you it going to cost more.

Given that the cost to develop a font 1 person uses is the same as developing a font 1 million people use, wouldn’t a better business model be to just charge a fair price (thereby sell more copies, and make more revenue), or maybe even make it free for personal or not profit use (getting more exposure for your font), and let whoever pays the licence fee, use the font in whatever way they desire.

No worries. Suitcase Fusion 3 is now compatible with CS5.5.1. No need to downgrade.

Now, what is the best way to prevent this type of violoation? It’s a combination of things. 1. Education. People on your team need to know what they can and cannot do with fonts. 2. Access to approved fonts. Provide your team with access to fonts that are approved for specifici uses. This can be done through a server-based font manager that keeps your team in sync, and tracks usage of fonts. 3. Periodic monitoring of font usage. Some server-based font managers, like Universal Type Server, allow you to run reports on the use of fonts in your collection. That way you can ensure that you are licensed for the appropriate number of users, etc.

I’m all for protection of property, but let’s be sure we are going after the correct violator.

So,the real question is, would Universal Type Server have offered any protection for a “derivative version” of the font?

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Yes, I have enabled it in Suitcase Fusion. But in Photoshop I don´t get the fonts in the panel. I can access CS Live and other extensions but when I click the Extensis extension, I get the panel and flash starts loading, but doesn´t ever finish.

I´ll take a screen shot and contact support.

To utilize Google Web Fonts in Photoshop: 1. Create a text layer and enter some text. 2. Select the text layer in the layers palette. 3. Click on any of the fonts in the panel to activate them.

If you’re still having issues, please contact our support team: http://www.extensis.com/support

To utilize Google Web Fonts in Photoshop: 1. Create a text layer and enter some text. 2. Select the text layer in the layers palette. 3. Click on any of the fonts in the panel to activate them.

If you’re still having issues, please contact our support team: http://www.extensis.com/support

If you’d rather “self-serve” your support, you can try some of the solutions provided in this forum post:
http://forums.extensis.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=3803