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porker on April 24, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: You wouldn't steal a font

Looking forward to someone doing the same for Gill Sans and most of the Monotype catalog now that they've switched to annual licensing for webfonts (pay once use forever is gone)

internetter on April 24, 2025 [–]

Also the creator of Gill Sans—Eric Gill—sexually abused his children and dog. Licensing aside I wouldn’t touch this font with a 12 foot pole

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