OK, the second demo font has been finished, and another email has been sendt. This is one of the big ones, so I'll be anxiously awaiting this answer.
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Well, he turned me down. Turns out he had been badly burned by the whole freefont scene, and wouldn't have anything to do with it anymore - concentrating his efforts on his own commercial fonts.
This of course makes me have doubts about my sites future, but I keep working!