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bartvanH on Aug 25, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: The lost Doves Press typeface and its revival (201...

In the article the creator of the font said that they see it as "an echo or a simulacrum", IANAL, but i would say that that recreation is a work of its own under at least copyright law. And ignoring the legal angle for a moment, they did put a lot of work into it, so asking money for it is not wrong imho

beefhash on Aug 25, 2019 [–]

Though the irony of charging money for type design that was thrown in the river to prevent a certain someone from doing so is not lost on me.

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