HOW A FONT WEBSITE DISHONESTLY EARNS MONEY

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On August 29th of this year, Xiaoyuan Gao from Not Your Type Foundry posted a statement on her Instagram addressing the unauthorized use of her font files by a font distribution website. The website in question is Fontesk.com, a platform where users can access and download numerous “high-quality free fonts for commercial use” and “open-source fonts.” When confronted, Fontesk.com refused to remove the font in question and even went so far as to block Gao’s IP address from accessing its website.