O, how this typeface, Poynter Old Style, has been haunting me. It is ubiquitous — everywhere you see, it is there; magazines, newspapers and books. It is everywhere. But the problem is single-users cannot purchase it for personal use. Why do they do that? Anyone else obsessed with Poynter?
They do that because they can charge more for the fonts; they sell less copies that way, but it makes sense considering the paucity of the retail channel, not to mention its greater risk of piracy.
hhp
I am still surprised how FontBureau has managed to keep this type, well, er, un-pirated. I mean, stuff like Photoshop comes out the next day. I guess we type-lovers are not big on stealing others’ hard work. (So, can someone pirate me a Poynter? … Just kidding FB.)
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