[video: 100x100]My Division III work has centered around dance and performance theory, computer music, and sensor technology. The DART program has been generous enough to provide moral and monetary support for my final div iii project, a performance piece combining motion and music:

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[Re-posted from Mighty Cycle Media blog.]

I love free things just as much as the rest of you.  I'm an advocate for free culture, open source software, and fighting overly restrictive copyright laws.  However, when it comes to free fonts, there are some important distinctions to be made.  This is certainly not a new debate in the typography world, just adding my thoughts to share with my community and network.

Professional fonts can cost hundreds of dollars, sometimes thousands.  That may sound like a lot for just a font, but high end magazines, newspapers, and graphic design firms can afford it.  Designing a font is quite a fine art and science, and fonts take months, sometimes years to design; typographers should be compensated for their work.  Did you know it's possible to make a living designing fonts?  I know a recent Hampshire alum who does just that – what a cool job!