alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to Gaming@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 days agoJapanese devs face font licensing dilemma as leading provider increases annual plan price from $380 to $20,000+www.gamesindustry.bizexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up199arrow-down10
arrow-up199arrow-down1external-linkJapanese devs face font licensing dilemma as leading provider increases annual plan price from $380 to $20,000+www.gamesindustry.bizalyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to Gaming@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square35fedilink
minus-squareSpaciousCoder78@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 days agoThere are a lot of free fonts (open source in your language) out there that cost nothing to use.
minus-squareAzzu@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·edit-22 days agoAre you sure about this being true in Japanese? Open source culture over there might be different, and I don’t think many Western fonts include Japanese glyphs. It’s likely, but I wouldn’t extrapolate from my Western experiences in this case.
minus-squareArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 day agoI’d bet it’s easier (and probably exists) with Katakana and Hiragana, Kanji OTOH, maybe not.
There are a lot of free fonts (open source in your language) out there that cost nothing to use.
Are you sure about this being true in Japanese? Open source culture over there might be different, and I don’t think many Western fonts include Japanese glyphs.
It’s likely, but I wouldn’t extrapolate from my Western experiences in this case.
I’d bet it’s easier (and probably exists) with Katakana and Hiragana, Kanji OTOH, maybe not.