Monotype accused of overcharging Japanese devs for Japanese language fonts
9 days ago
- #Japanese Game Development
- #Monotype
- #Fontworks
- Fontworks, now owned by Monotype, is discontinuing its affordable LETS plan for Japanese developers, which cost around $380 a year.
- Monotype's new plan costs $20,500 a year, a significant increase, and applies to up to 5 applications with a limit of 25k registered users per app.
- Notable games affected include Persona 5, Monster Hunter Ultimate, and Fate/Grand Order, which may face challenges due to font integration changes.
- Live-service games are particularly impacted, as changing fonts requires redoing integration, QA, and potentially rebranding.
- Alternatives like Mojimo Game are available for indie developers at a lower cost, but are not suitable for corporations.
- Indie-US Games switched to DynaFont after receiving the new pricing quote, highlighting the issue's growing impact in developer circles.