[quote=“boingboing, post:1, topic:86985”]“he wanted to create a design that was pretty and readable in order to garner as much commission and licensing fees as possible. Back then, it was much harder to access different fonts so there was a larger incentive to have a typeface take off”.[/quote]Most people at the time instead strove to create designs that were ugly and unreadable and would garner minimal licensing fees, seeking assurance that their typefaces would remain obscure forever.
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