Convince your company/client to take font compliance seriously. The list goes on, and NBC is hardly the only offender.įortunately, there are some best practices we can follow to ensure that we stay on the straight and narrow.ġ. In January, the company settled a $3.5 million suit lodged by Brand Design Co. In 2009, Font Bureau went after it for $2 million for using Grotesque, Interstate and Antenna (among others) in its on-air show promotions. The company has been successfully sued more than once for NBC’s misappropriation of typefaces. It’s not the end of the world if it does, you say? Tell that to NBC Universal.
Despite our best intentions, it’s not uncommon for the odd font to sneak into the finished product. Like magpies, creatives are attracted to, and acquire, many different fonts in our travels, and sprinkle them liberally throughout our design.
#EXTENSIS FONTS IS A SCAM SOFTWARE#
Today you have to have mastered at least three major software packages, and keep track of the photo rights purchased for every project.Īnd then there are the fonts.
Gone are the days when you could simply slap together an impressive design, defend it against the office nitpickers, and go home. “I draw pictures all day.” It’s a slogan that adorns T-shirts, buttons and other items designers proudly wear, an ironic testament to just how complicated their professional duties have become.