Blog Post / July 16th, 2024 Previous / Next
I bought 780+ fonts.
I enjoy typography, that’s no secret. But, is it worth it for me to actually buy fonts? The cheapest price I’ve ever seen for a single font was probably around $30, and that’s only for one weight and license type. Fonts are typically sold to businesses and large companies for branding purposes, one of the reasons why fonts can be so expensive. An entire typeface, which could include more than 20 fonts, with a license for print and web usage could set you back thousands of Swiss Francs.
Fonts and typefaces are not the same thing! Their definitions differ slightly and come from the days of metal type. A font is a typeface in one style, weight, and sometimes even size. Roboto Slab Regular is a font. A typeface is all the fonts in one family. Roboto is a typeface. This is why the number in the title is so big.
By now you’re probably wondering how it is I acquired so many fonts if they’re so expensive. Well, Pangram Pangram Foundry has what they call their Font Starter Pack, a collection of more than 60 typefaces — almost all of which contain several fonts — for just $34 (USD). The only caveat is that the fonts are for personal use only, but since that’s all I use fonts for, this is AMAZING! I had looked at it before, especially the font Neue Montreal, because elliotisacoolguy mentioned it in one of his videos. This is the first time I have ever purchased a font, let alone almost 800 of them. They’re really good fonts too! You can see a few of them in use below.
