<story><title>Frere-Jones is suing Hoefler for half of preeminent digital type foundry</title><url>http://qz.com/167993/frere-jones-is-suing-hoefler-for-his-half-of-the-worlds-preeminent-digital-type-foundry/</url><text></text></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>gruseom</author><text>This reminded me of the mother of all type designer business partner falling-outs:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.economist.com/news/christmas-specials/21591793-legendary-typeface-gets-second-life-fight-over-doves&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.economist.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;christmas-specials&amp;#x2F;21591793-le...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;One difference, of course, is that digital type can&amp;#x27;t be dumped into the Thames.</text></comment>
<story><title>Frere-Jones is suing Hoefler for half of preeminent digital type foundry</title><url>http://qz.com/167993/frere-jones-is-suing-hoefler-for-his-half-of-the-worlds-preeminent-digital-type-foundry/</url><text></text></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>Historiopode</author><text>I wonder if there&amp;#x27;s a way to preserve their cloud.typography service through this. The article states that ownership of the fonts was transferred, but I imagine most designers would disdain the very idea of subscribing if the allegations turned out to be true.&lt;p&gt;Service aside, how is the company supposed to survive this? Even if Frere-Jones wins the trial and full damages are awarded, surely he&amp;#x27;ll want to leave the company. I can&amp;#x27;t fathom how you could keep collaborating with a partner who tried to scam you out of a life&amp;#x27;s work. That&amp;#x27;d leave H&amp;amp;FJ with much weaker creative direction and a tarnished reputation.</text></comment>