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jarym | 6 months ago

Anyone know what the license situation would be around using this font e.g. on a commercial website?

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wizzwizz4|6 months ago

Typefaces do not have copyright (though they can have design rights or trademark encumberment). Font files, the computer programs that implement typefaces, are protected by copyright and must be licensed.

Karliss|6 months ago

Do not have copyright in US. If you are a serious business operating internationally things are more complicated.

NoMoreNicksLeft|6 months ago

What if I write a tool that pulls all the vectors out of a font file, puts them in a new font file with a new font id/name, munges it up so they don't have the same hash?

Shapes aren't software, and whatever fool judicial ruling set that precedent is ripe for some loopholing.