I wasted $80 on a font bundle that looked nothing like the preview

Bought this font pack off a discount site last month thinking I was getting a steal... The preview showed clean, modern scripts and bold sans-serifs. When I opened the files, half of them were broken or missing characters entirely. Emails to support just bounced back with no reply. The one font that did work looked totally different on my screen than the demo. Guess I learned to always test a free sample first - has anyone else gotten burned by cheap font bundles?

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paul_burns1d ago

It's funny how you can see this same pattern everywhere now, not just with fonts. You buy something online based on a slick photo and it shows up looking like a totally different product, or you sign up for a service that promises the world and it's just a broken mess. It's like everyone's in a race to the bottom, trying to make things look perfect just to get your money, and then they just vanish. The whole thing just makes you feel stupid for trying to save a few bucks, even though it's not really your fault.

wyatt_fox681d ago

Yeah that sucks man. I got burned on a similar deal last year. Paid $45 for a "designer bundle" with like 200 fonts. Half of them were just slightly different versions of the same basic sans-serif and the other half had random characters replaced with weird symbols. The worst part was the one script font I actually wanted had totally different spacing than the preview showed. Tried using it for a logo and the letters were overlapping each other in a way that looked nothing like the demo. Support just ignored me too. You're not alone in this one, these cheap bundles are almost always a gamble.