Comments on: Curse My Expensive Font Tastes http://orangeriverstudio.com/monksbrew/2009/01/curse-my-expensive-font-tastes/ Anecdotes on the adventure of indie game development Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:35:01 +0000 hourly 1 By: Tim Emmerich http://orangeriverstudio.com/monksbrew/2009/01/curse-my-expensive-font-tastes/comment-page-1/#comment-243 Tim Emmerich Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:08:05 +0000 http://orangeriverstudio.com/monksbrew/?p=86#comment-243 Most excellent choice in fonts. Being an indie on a shoe-string budget makes it tough to pay for assets (music, textures, etc.) - so much so that I hadn't considered fonts. Thanks for the reminder! I believe most of ours are public domain, but I will check. Also, I'll recommend Tom's gamedevkit as well! We work with a lot of volunteers and his contributor agreement is a must!! Good luck on Vespers! I'm letting you forge the trail before I port my adventure game in TADS over! -Tim Emmerich http://GraceWorksInteractive.com Most excellent choice in fonts.

Being an indie on a shoe-string budget makes it tough to pay for assets (music, textures, etc.) – so much so that I hadn’t considered fonts. Thanks for the reminder! I believe most of ours are public domain, but I will check.

Also, I’ll recommend Tom’s gamedevkit as well! We work with a lot of volunteers and his contributor agreement is a must!!

Good luck on Vespers! I’m letting you forge the trail before I port my adventure game in TADS over!

-Tim Emmerich
http://GraceWorksInteractive.com

]]> By: El Clérigo Urbatain http://orangeriverstudio.com/monksbrew/2009/01/curse-my-expensive-font-tastes/comment-page-1/#comment-193 El Clérigo Urbatain Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:18:00 +0000 http://orangeriverstudio.com/monksbrew/?p=86#comment-193 Dear Rubes: I hope I'm not late in this post. Recently a friend of mine post in his blog a recommendation for a ttf font designer:<br/>http://informatetu.blogspot.com/2009/01/fuentes-ttf.html<br/><br/>(in Spanish)<br/><br/>The tool is Font Creator by Highlogic<br/><br/>http://www.high-logic.com/download.html<br/><br/>Maybe you could try deliver it to one of your artist and make your very own font for Vespers. Maybe license this product is more cheaper than license a font, I don't know.<br/><br/>Whatever, I think too that Cezanne is the best one.<br/><br/>Best wishes and best luck. (looking for the first beta!) Dear Rubes: I hope I’m not late in this post. Recently a friend of mine post in his blog a recommendation for a ttf font designer:
http://informatetu.blogspot.com/2009/01/fuentes-ttf.html

(in Spanish)

The tool is Font Creator by Highlogic

http://www.high-logic.com/download.html

Maybe you could try deliver it to one of your artist and make your very own font for Vespers. Maybe license this product is more cheaper than license a font, I don’t know.

Whatever, I think too that Cezanne is the best one.

Best wishes and best luck. (looking for the first beta!)

]]> By: Gail http://orangeriverstudio.com/monksbrew/2009/01/curse-my-expensive-font-tastes/comment-page-1/#comment-186 Gail Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:56:00 +0000 http://orangeriverstudio.com/monksbrew/?p=86#comment-186 I completely agree with you that the Cezanne is the most beautiful of all the fonts. And I personally never even considered the fact that one would have to by the fonts (I guess because I am not part of the business) good luck with your decision making. I wouldn't want to be in your shoes for this one.<br/><br/>Rubes, I would appreciate it if you would contact me via my email or blog. <br/>Thanks - gail<br/>kikuta2008mod2@gmail.com I completely agree with you that the Cezanne is the most beautiful of all the fonts. And I personally never even considered the fact that one would have to by the fonts (I guess because I am not part of the business) good luck with your decision making. I wouldn’t want to be in your shoes for this one.

Rubes, I would appreciate it if you would contact me via my email or blog.
Thanks – gail
kikuta2008mod2@gmail.com

]]> By: Rubes http://orangeriverstudio.com/monksbrew/2009/01/curse-my-expensive-font-tastes/comment-page-1/#comment-184 Rubes Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:39:00 +0000 http://orangeriverstudio.com/monksbrew/?p=86#comment-184 Understood. I've edited out the unintentionally tasteless portion. Understood. I’ve edited out the unintentionally tasteless portion.

]]> By: Jason Scott http://orangeriverstudio.com/monksbrew/2009/01/curse-my-expensive-font-tastes/comment-page-1/#comment-183 Jason Scott Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:55:00 +0000 http://orangeriverstudio.com/monksbrew/?p=86#comment-183 Please do me a favor, Rubes, and not medically diagnose me on the basis of observation of the completeness/size of my website. There's a big difference between years of dedication to a belief and the involuntary spasm/drive of a mental disease.<br/><br/>Declaring yourself not at the behest of any sort of medical malady while claiming the positive aspects of collecting was a nice touch. Please do me a favor, Rubes, and not medically diagnose me on the basis of observation of the completeness/size of my website. There’s a big difference between years of dedication to a belief and the involuntary spasm/drive of a mental disease.

Declaring yourself not at the behest of any sort of medical malady while claiming the positive aspects of collecting was a nice touch.

]]> By: Rubes http://orangeriverstudio.com/monksbrew/2009/01/curse-my-expensive-font-tastes/comment-page-1/#comment-182 Rubes Mon, 26 Jan 2009 03:41:00 +0000 http://orangeriverstudio.com/monksbrew/?p=86#comment-182 @Jason: Perhaps so -- I'll acknowledge that fonts are something of an obsession, and the attention this is demanding is surely more than it deserves. Still, so be it. I don't choose to obsess over it because I am concerned that people will notice or care; in fact, it's just the opposite. I do it because it is a design decision, just like any other, but one that carries a particular personal importance to me. Some things you just care about more than others, even if maybe nobody else gives a hoot.<br/><br/>I'm sure there will be many other decisions where people will wonder why the heck I decided what I did, and the answer will be simply because I didn't put much thought into it and I didn't think anyone would notice or care. But hey, at least I didn't obsess about it. You pick your battles.<br/><br/>Besides, the main point is to draw attention to some of the licensing issues when it comes to choosing a font for a project -- it's not always as simple as it may seem, and sometimes you have to settle for something that might not be the optimal choice.<br/><br/>@Paul: No, as I mentioned the font is actually used for quite a few things besides the logo -- menu items, buttons, location tags, labels, and so on. It's the primary font used in the game, on just about every screen and context.<br/><br/>I don't intend to drop that much on a font, hopefully that much is clear, but therein lies the problem. Finding the right font is not just about finding what looks the best, but also what fits the budget the best within the terms of the license. @Jason: Perhaps so — I’ll acknowledge that fonts are something of an obsession, and the attention this is demanding is surely more than it deserves. Still, so be it. I don’t choose to obsess over it because I am concerned that people will notice or care; in fact, it’s just the opposite. I do it because it is a design decision, just like any other, but one that carries a particular personal importance to me. Some things you just care about more than others, even if maybe nobody else gives a hoot.

I’m sure there will be many other decisions where people will wonder why the heck I decided what I did, and the answer will be simply because I didn’t put much thought into it and I didn’t think anyone would notice or care. But hey, at least I didn’t obsess about it. You pick your battles.

Besides, the main point is to draw attention to some of the licensing issues when it comes to choosing a font for a project — it’s not always as simple as it may seem, and sometimes you have to settle for something that might not be the optimal choice.

@Paul: No, as I mentioned the font is actually used for quite a few things besides the logo — menu items, buttons, location tags, labels, and so on. It’s the primary font used in the game, on just about every screen and context.

I don’t intend to drop that much on a font, hopefully that much is clear, but therein lies the problem. Finding the right font is not just about finding what looks the best, but also what fits the budget the best within the terms of the license.

]]> By: Paul Furio http://orangeriverstudio.com/monksbrew/2009/01/curse-my-expensive-font-tastes/comment-page-1/#comment-181 Paul Furio Mon, 26 Jan 2009 01:36:00 +0000 http://orangeriverstudio.com/monksbrew/?p=86#comment-181 If the only place this font appears is in the title, and it doesn't need to be <i>rendered</i> as a font, just displayed as an image, why not just find someone with artistic penmanship and have them write out "Vespers", or draw it out a few times? Then you can scan that at a high resolution, and use that as your title?<br/><br/>It's silly to drop money on a font if you're not going to be using it all over the place, and using every letter. If the only place this font appears is in the title, and it doesn’t need to be rendered as a font, just displayed as an image, why not just find someone with artistic penmanship and have them write out “Vespers”, or draw it out a few times? Then you can scan that at a high resolution, and use that as your title?

It’s silly to drop money on a font if you’re not going to be using it all over the place, and using every letter.

]]> By: Jason Maskell http://orangeriverstudio.com/monksbrew/2009/01/curse-my-expensive-font-tastes/comment-page-1/#comment-180 Jason Maskell Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:48:00 +0000 http://orangeriverstudio.com/monksbrew/?p=86#comment-180 Ya know, I can dig the need to get your creation perfect, but I wanted to put the possibility out there that you are obsessing about a detail that no one else will know or care about. Ya know, I can dig the need to get your creation perfect, but I wanted to put the possibility out there that you are obsessing about a detail that no one else will know or care about.

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