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- grotesk_neue0
Wow, fuck Hoefler.
- organicgrid0
GFY Hoefler
- jaylarson0
- Good for Frere-Jones.grotesk_neue
- Hoefler looks like a cunt in these articles.grotesk_neue
- ukit20
Based on the article above, Hoefler never really created anything, he ran the business side of things while Frere-Jones worked on the type design. Makes it all the more ridiculous that he basically stole the guy's work.
- utopian0
Will anyone support and or purchase any fonts from Hoefler & Co. after what Jonathan Hoefler and his beloved wife pulled on Tobias Frere-Jones?
- jtb260
frerejones.com uses Cloud Typography
- GeorgesIV0
Do you think he'll get pissed if I ask him for a free font?
- Be sure to send me a copy, once Tippy sends you free shit.utopian
- <-- offer him $10. It should be cool.bulletfactory
- colin_s0
^ a bit of a tangent, but on those F-J blog posts, how does the alt tag on the image display as a formatted caption? I'm viewing the source and there's nothing that seems to show the code as it relates to the output, unless i'm that far behind in my html5 learnings.
- They're using <figcaption> and applying CSS to it. Unless I'm misunderstanding what you're asking.bulletfactory
- that looks to be about right, thanks!colin_s
- doggydoggdog0
Moral of the story:
People suck, never work with anyone but your Mom.
- PonyBoy0
this thread = TMZ for graphic designer(d)s
- jtb260
I think it comes down to FJ being fucked. He signed papers. It's certainly shitty, but he made a extremely bad deal.
I wish they would just settle this out of court. Hoefler could agree to pay royalties to FJ for the Typefaces he picked up for a easy $10, as well as the Typefaces they created together and they could just call it a day.
- ukit20
I'd like to know under what circumstances he signed over his typefaces (worth $3 million) for $10. That seems like a borderline insane thing to do, not just naive or foolish as others have stated. Maybe they were just really good friends at that point, and FJ never imagined that Hoefler would stab him in the back like this. But still ...
- Fantrom0
This from Verge article may be hard to explain in court:
According to the lawsuit, first reported by Quartz, the partnership was only agreed verbally, but Frere-Jones cites a public relations release commissioned by Hoefler's wife which reads:
"Jonathan Hoefler, Principal of The Hoefler Type Foundry, and Tobias Frere- Jones, Type Director of The Hoefler Type Foundry, announced today that they have entered into an agreement to become equal partners and to rename the business Hoefler & Frere-Jones Typography."
- utopian0
Hoefler and Frere-Jones set for $20 million court battle over share in iconic type foundry (update)
- GeorgesIV0
CRIMEA RIVER
and fuck hoeffler
- aliastime0
have we heard from autonoma about any of this?