Those other sites leech new content of Dafont and Fontspace. One site, fonts2u, got my font (Linyat Bilog) within 24 hours after I uploaded it to Fontspace. I went to their site and used their form mail (did not find an email address) to request for them to remove all my fonts from their site. Did it several times on different days. Have not received a reply -- not even a go to hell reply.

What I did is get even. See the description field in my two Le Pochoir fonts. The content of description is displayed on the font's page at fonts2u.

BTW Lettre dans... and Le Pochoir were created primarily to test whether fonts2u will honor a font creator's conditions. Test failed on both instances. But got even with Le Pochoir, in a way.

It is this reason why I am not uploading many of my fonts to Dafont and Fontspace. I'd rather have my fonts on a site that I like with only 1 visitor a day rather than on a million visitors a day site that I do not like.

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Thanks for the info, Claude.

I wasn't serious with the Champion part.

Seriously, if that happened the other way around, some commercial foundries can make your day miserable.

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I am tagging my fonts for personal use only because I do not want them to be treated as if they are public domain fonts. Even so, most treat them as such.

If you want to release it as a free font with the intention of making money, do not be disappointed if it doesn't rake in the $$$$. If your intent is to make money, then you should have this in mind when you start making a font and upload the font to myfonts or any other vendors out there.

I did not intend and do not expect to earn money from my fonts and was surprised when the owner of http://demonstro.us gave me a donation for his use of K22 Eclair.

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You should be careful when using the word "rip-off" without fully knowing the background of the font. If a font was created from a specimen sheet of a long gone metal type foundry, would you consider the font a rip-off if it so happens that it had already been fonted by commercial digital font foundry. Also is ripping off, applies only to free fonts? or can makers commercial fonts rip off a free font?

Which of the versions looks better, is very subjective. What is ugly to one person might be a priceless beauty to another. What you might consider inferior someone else might have a different opinion. Even if the font is not the best looking one available, if the person thinks that it is the font he/she wants for his/her needs, I believe that that particular font is the best font for that person regardless of what others say about it. And it doesn't have to cost money. There are many free fonts that are comparable to, if not better than, pay fonts. I am a fan of Claude's and I will say that Claude's fonts are one of those I am referring to.

Did Parachute Fonts rip-off Claude's Champignon with their Champion Script? Claude released Champignon long before PF put out their "rip-off".

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I believe what the OP meant is similar to.... or looks something like.... and preferably free.

Email the person/outfit who did the font to find out their conditions for commercial use of a free font. Explain to them how you are going to use the font. Letting them know about the one man company you are running might help your cause.

Not everyone who tags a font with a non-commecial license is after your hard earned money. You might even get the font for free.

Worth doing rather than worrying about it.

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