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DeepYogurt | 2 months ago

I wonder if its open license. Not as impactful as seat belts, but it would be nice to see volvo continue that legacy.

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embedding-shape|2 months ago

> Not as impactful as seat belts, but it would be nice to see volvo continue that legacy

I'm afraid that legacy is long lost, Volvo is a very different company today than it used to be.

SoftTalker|2 months ago

Volvo no longer exists. It's a brand name owned by a conglomerate, the Zhejiang Geely Holding Group.

viraptor|2 months ago

Unless they're covered by a design patent, it's a free for all anyway in many places: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property_protecti...

omnimus|2 months ago

I think you are missing the point. The font curves/shapes/beziers are not copyrightable. But the source code and resulting font file is (everywhere). Fonts are licensed just like software (or more like software plugins).

So you can take any typeface and trace/redraw it just fine. But you can't use the original font files unless you have proper license.