Re: [NTG-context] Off topic: Does a 'free for commercial use' flared-sans font exist in the world?

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On Fri, Jun 16, 2023 at 06:35:49PM +0200, Gerben Wierda via ntg-context wrote:
> I know this is off topic, but I suspect this community is actually one of the best places to find an answer.
> 

It is the best community. And I tell you what. 

What happened is that all TeX engines have neglected fonts from the beginning.  

> I really like Optima, and what I really like about it is the 'flared style'.
> 
> But I would like to move to a flared-sans font that gives me more licensing freedom. I haven't been able to find one after extensive searching. The only one who were reasonably priced (not free) were the URW Classico ones in Adobe Creative Cloud, but those can only be used in Adobe programs like InDesign (and not TeX).
> 

Licensing freedom is an oxymoron. There's no freedom in licensing.
Only greed. 

The only extension engine that at one point had a plan in mind,
or most of the bases covered in this regard was Omega.

When it came to commercial fonts the plan of action ahead was by
including PFC data on these very same commercial fonts that would
benefit primarily its opentype versions in the long run.

What do you have right now? Opentype fonts only. Sure. Quality can be
even the same than its type1 counterpart, and at times not so much
according so some folks that have bothered to go the extra length in
making the most accurate comparison that's available between them two.

But looking at it from a bright side/perspective, I think we're no
longer facing the same pre-historic constraints of including a font
as before, as long as it's not for commercial purposes, You are well
aware of these non and commercial uses even before  your extensive
search anyway,

p.s many many years ago I read and followed some publications about
the aformentioned extension and just went over them recently, to
have an idea what did and did not work. In regards to typefaces,
its goal was unmatched, or so I think.

> I found some flared-sans fonts, but not one with at least regular, italic, bold, and bold-italic.
> 
> Is there really not a single flared-sans font that is really free (so also for commercial use) to use out there?
> 
> Yours,
> 
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