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Japanese devs face font licensing dilemma as leading provider increases annual plan price from $380 to $20,000+
(www.gamesindustry.biz)
this post was submitted on 03 Dec 2025
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Use an open font. Problem solved. Can I please have the 380 bucks annually now?
Build an open source & paid cloud hosted service that can sync OFL licensed fonts through an API, GUI, GIT and you'll be swimming in cash. Just make sure it's easy for casuals & devs and works for both individuals and teams.
There are projects similar to this, but nothing nearly this level of usable by everyone.
Why the hell would anyone need to host free fonts? A proper OS has them in the repos. Oh right - there's still people who believe the diarrhea coming from MicroLimp is a "proper OS" :/ especially corporate IT departments :(