In reply to Print v Screen Typography:
if a font is made for custom it is priced according to the cost of design. if a font is made for retail it is priced like all other fonts and we don't know if or when there will be a profit margin. if a font is made for the former and later released as the latter, we usually make something.
it's also hard to compare because of both text vs display and webtype subscription vs FB licensing, furthermore by Webtype vs self-hosting options. and then finally, it's hard to compare because of what can be auto-hinted vs what can't auto-hinted.
it goes without saying thay we'd rather not pass these complexities on to the broad market, treating hinting like kerning, and only doing it when it's useful, and not e.g. charging less for monospace fonts.
