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Originally Posted by aico
Like I said, I don't give my fonts away, it's actually illegal for a person to use the fonts (the ones I use not the freebie internet ones) without paying for them. Fonts I use have copyrights just like anything else, using them illegally can result in a serious copyright infringement lawsuit. If I design something, and I use a House Industries Font for example, and they see what I designed somewhere, and come to me and ask where the license is for the use of that font, and I don't have it, my ass is grass.
So call me an ass if you must, but I call it smart & professional business practice. Like I said, I don't do adult design, I don't take on more clients than I can handle, most of my clients have me on a retainer anyway so I don't need new clients. If I can't take a new client, I refer them to another designer and take a referral fee. It's a pretty common practice.
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I understand the fonts thing .... and for major mainstream clients, I do not use standard fonts in many instances, so yes, I agree ...
but not giving PSDs ? Sorry ... that's ludicrous. Even in mainstream. You're basically saying that they can't have the documents they pay for ... they're not buying a template ... they're buying custom work.
I think it's unethical for a designer to take money and only hand over the final images.
Jeez, even in the games industry, the code and original source materials are all handed over to the publisher when working on a custom project. For instance, FIFA for EA. I worked on that and all my art went to EA, in PSD format.