Your first three posts ( 1, 2, 3 ) on Typophile and you have nothing better to do, ‘say’, or post, than ‘advertise’ your new typeface.? Thats kinda sad, isnt it.?

Dav, formlos

Daniel, that’s a bit pushy, the release section is for stuff like this, and it will be removed by a moderator.

However, if you make an annoying flashing icon using your font, and make brief cryptic comments, that would be an acceptable, low-effort way of promoting your wares in General Discussions.

Hi Daniel,

I know that you are excited about your new font release. But posting a notice in three different forums at the same time isn’t exactly necessary. Nick is correct: this information really belongs in release only. However, you could also post a NEWS article (especially because of your sale price).

The way one posts NEWS articles on the new Typophile site isn’t so clear. If you (in the future) go to the the page, you’ll notice that (for now) all posts have been posted by moderators. Just click on one of their names, and send them your text. We’ll post it for you.

I’m not going to delete this thread, for three reasons:
1. I’m a new moderator, and don’t want to go willy-nilly deleting threads, just because I can.

2. Discussion has cropped up on this thread. I’m always for discussion, even if it starts off on a less than perfect foot.

3. You are new to posting here, as Dav correctly points out. I’d like you to stick around, so I’m going to give you the benefit of the doubt.

BUT, I am going to delete your post in the DESIGN section. No one needs three posts to say the same thing.

Good luck with the type sales, Daniel!

> for three reasons

There’s another reason: to have a record of how some people want everybody else to adopt their personal preferences concerning acceptable avertising methods.

hhp

Lighten up Hrant, get that eye winking.

An animated GIF might be an idea? ;^P

Hmmm, is there a way to get an animated GIF to
play only when browsed from a specific IP address? :->

hhp

Hm… Daniel, I’ve just checked your Aurélie, and you can consider yourself lucky I’m way behind on my reviews, or I might have had a go at your typeface.

Let’s just say it isn’t exactly the best thing I’ve seen in the past few months. :^/

I like the euro…
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/danielkeithbale/aurelie/regular/opentype-ps/279908/character/20AC/CP2/1/

…it comes equipped with two small surface to air missiles.

Si

“Let�s just say it isn�t exactly the best thing I�ve seen in the past few months. :^/”

Ouch, that even hurt my feelings. :-)

“Let’s just say it isn’t exactly the best thing I’ve seen in the past few months. :^/”

This is why I love your reviews, they are so brutally honest :-)

Yeah, I love your reviews as well, but this is an open discussion forum. You can diss my type any day, Yves, but to take a wack at a first time poster? Is that really necessary?

Addendum.: ‘Aurelie’ is ‘Font of the Day’, at myFonts.. :)

Dav, formlos

I wonder if being “Font of the Day” on a Saturday is good for your sales, or bad for them? During the week you get the business crowd, all of those looking for fonts the way they look for stock photos. On the weekend, you might get the same people at home looking for fonts for casual projects…

I wonder what days are “hot days” at MyFonts. Maybe it is perfectly even…

I don’t really see this as “taking a wack”, really. I did not attack our first time poster at all, I just commented on the typeface he so eagerly advertised in three areas of Typophile at once*. Open discussion forum implies we all can voice our personal opinion, even if it is less favourable and not to everyone’s liking.

I won’t be getting into a fight over this, so if anyone thinks I went out of line, let me know and I’ll apologise. This is not worth staining my already dodgy reputation. :^/

*If I *had* attacked him personally, I might’ve commented we don’t take spam-like posts lightly at Typophile. Which I didn’t. Admire the restraint. ;^P

Hi everyone,

I’m sorry if my post upset some people, that wasn’t my intention at all. Was I trying to advertise my font? Yes, I’m not denying that. If I did that in the wrong place and too many times then I’m sorry for that also. I was simply trying to self-promote myself, and my font, and I apologise if that came across as being arrogant. This is not an easy game to play, after all; there are hundreds of thousands of fonts and it’s difficult to make ‘one’ stand out. Thank you to everyone for your comments and critiques.

Sincerely,

Daniel Keith Bale