Introducing Cloud Typography Webfonts by H&FJ

Post by publicfig » Tue, Jul 02, 2013, 2:45 PM UTC

Anonymous238 wrote: post #44

publicfig wrote: post #3

Price wise, this is quite a bit less than I was expecting, especially considering that you get 5 free with subscription. Now just to wait and see how long it is before every site is using Gotham.

I run a couple of sites that generate 2 million page views a day. Using their prices, I'll be spending more on font subscriptions than the two dedicated servers I'm running. It's a pass here. I'd gladly pay maybe $50/yr to get permission to use their fonts, and a nice interface to preview, browse and generate the fonts I'd like to include. However, if they think I'm going to spend $700+ per month to include three or…

I'm curious, where are you seeing $700 a month at?! On pricing, the most expensive option is $299 a YEAR.

Post by Anonymous238 » Tue, Jul 02, 2013, 3:34 PM UTC

publicfig wrote: post #51

Anonymous238 wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I run a couple of sites that generate 2 million page views a day. Using their prices, I'll be spending more on font subscriptions than the two dedicated servers I'm running. It's a pass here. I'd gladly pay maybe $50/yr to get permission to use their fonts, and a nice interface to preview, browse and generate the fonts I'd like to include. However, if they think I'm going to spend $700+ per month to include three or…

I'm curious, where are you seeing $700 a month at?! On pricing, the most expensive option is $299 a YEAR.

Click on show larger plans, which go up to 20 million monthly page views at $299/mo. I'd need roughly 60 million page views, so $900/mo, although they'd probably cut a wonderful deal at $700/mo.

The pricing is absurd. They think I'm going to shell out $10k/yr for using their web fonts? Where's the value here? Where's the return on my investment? If I'm spending $10k/yr on fonts, they better generate some additional revenue on my end. Also, my users better be jumping out of their seats at how impressive the difference is with and without their fonts. That's simply not the case though. I'm not in the business of throwing money out the window, and it could be better invested in countless other places.

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