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In article <Bu2AMB.LtI@vcd.hp.com>, Carl Peterson <carlp@hp-vanc.hp.com> writes:
>   I have before me a short article about a CD-ROM
> offered by the German type foundry URW called
> TypeWorks.  The CD-ROM is supposed to contain
> a collection of some 3,000 Type 1 fonts, all
> unlocked, for a reasonable price.

Fonts are the one place where price almost always equates to
quality. Anything in the font world that's cheap is almost always
a knock-off version. Yes, in most countries it's legal to steal
fonts, but that doesn't necessarily make it right. Plus it's very
rare that the quality of a knock-off will be comparable to a font
licensed from the designer.

If you want inexpensive fonts, get the Monotype FoneFonts CD
($50) and buy your unlocking from Publisher's Toolbox in
Wisconsin (last I checked they charged $20/font to unlock). Then
you get high quality fonts (the full Monotype and Adobe
libraries) for a good price. Not to mention that Monotype has
most of the best designs (if you see a version of a font from
Monotype and a version from somebody else, get the Monotype
version).

-dh

Don Hosek                  
dhosek@ymir.claremont.edu  
Quixote Digital Typography 
714-621-1291