The one main thing you should consider is using MyFonts to sell your stuff - it saves you a lot of time and headache, and you only lose 20% (not even counting the money you save elsewhere).

BTW, try tea instead.

hhp

Hola Miguel,
Listo, hablemos en español!

Conoces a la gente de tipografia.cl?
Me parecen gente talensosa y de "buena leche".
Todos ellos participan de la lista de discusión de tipografía de Bigital, la cual te recomiendo, se mueve bastante y hay gente que trabaja seriamente.
Para suscribirte, puedes utilizar la página
http://www.bigital.com/castellano/contacto.html
(donde dice "mailing list")

By the way, cual es tu mail? Tienes algún web site? Alguna muestra de fuentes ya diseñadas para verlas?

Un abrazo transandino...

Ramiro Espinoza.
www.jazz.futurezone.com

Hola Miguel,
Listo, hablemos en español!

Conoces a la gente de tipografia.cl?
Me parecen gente talentosa y de "buena leche".
Todos ellos participan de la lista de discusión de tipografía de Bigital, la cual te recomiendo, se mueve bastante y hay gente que trabaja seriamente.
Para suscribirte, puedes utilizar la página
http://www.bigital.com/castellano/contacto.html
(donde dice "mailing list")

By the way, cual es tu mail? Tienes algún web site? Alguna muestra de fuentes ya diseñadas para verlas?

Un abrazo transandino...

Ramiro Espinoza.
www.jazz.futurezone.com

{May I please practice my poor Spanish...}

> transandino

Wow, es una palabra verdadera?
(Supongo que significa "de un lado de los Andes a l'otro".)

hhp

Hrant,

Tu español es menos "poor" que mi inglés, ha-ha!
La palabra "trans-andino" no se si esta reconocida por la Real Academia Española, pero es de uso frecuente, lo cual la hace válida para mi.
Si no es reconocida por la R. Academia actualmente, lo será dentro de algunos años...

El significado que le otorgas es el correcto.

Cordiales saludos.

Ramiro Espinoza.

Hi

I've spent the last six months going through the process of setting up a foundy, after four years of running a free font site ( http://www.fontmonster.org ).

Initally I expected to launch in January - Febuary, we are actually launching in June. Things which I thought would be very easy turned in to a bit of a slog, like dealing with the bank (I am not a terrorist, I've banked with you for years), getting the back end of the site built in a way that allowed us to expand the site easily.

On the plus side, I have met some great designers who are now selling through the site, and who have been great over the past six months... and it is inspiring to see the work which these designers are creating. I am very pleased to have a site which showcases new talent along side established font designers. (14 designers, 9 countries, just under 100 fonts)

The site will beta launch later this week. And the stage which I'd expect most foundries would struggle with will start, the marketing. With 10,000 visitors a month to my fontmonster site, the marketing contacts I've built over 4 years with fontmonster and a bit of cash, its going to be a big job to get us noticed, with only one or two fonts I personally feel it would be impossible to be noticed.

Good luck if you do go ahead with it.

Jim
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http://www.unionfonts.com

the "font testing friends" are here man!
...y claro que hablo español, cachai Chile?
Representando a los typophilers latinos con tipografías para pantalla.. piensas hacer un foundry desde Argentina? o estás en otro lugar trabajando, emigraste?
The most succesfull one guy foundry comes from Matthew Bardram i guess...

1.-Ché Ramiro:

Well, my email is: screenfonts@hotmai.com, and you can see a couple of designs here, on the critique forums (bitmap) Please let me know what you think about the "three dots" post. Lo cierto es que es una mis tipografías favoritas y pienso que al contrario de su uso para pantalla, puede servir para su uso en soportes impresos. ¿Puedes leer los caracteres? (conozco a los de tipografía.cl y sí, han hecho las cosas bien desde un principio)

2.-Mr.Hrant

The challenge is create an unique concept of type design, like Fontomas or Matthew B. , visionary guys that are an example of independence and cuality. I mean a complete package. You cxan see the Fonts, and the using of the characters in action (House Industries makes a new school)

The Freedom of Design Patters are a good reference to the design comunity, the bad thing about big foundries are this...they dont show designs and the fonts in action(exept CSA images)

That`s the point, or not?

Hi, Miguel!

I am planning to launch a "one person foundry".
At the beginning this was not my idea, but is difficult to find partners...

I agree the concept, but the problem is offering more than 2 new fonts by year (I can't design more typefaces...)

And when you have partners the font's testing is easier...

Regards.

Ramiro Espinoza.
www.jazz.futurezone.com
Ps, Are you spanish? I am from Argentina...