Legality of using Fonts

Ross Ridge rridge at csclub.uwaterloo.ca
Fri Feb 10 23:24:34 EST 2006


Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> It is highly unlikely that any judge will be fooled by a mere change in
> format ("but Your Honour, I converted the TTF file into a bitmap").

If that were true, almost the entire X11 bitmap font collection would
be illegal.  Fonts aren't subject copyright, just the hints in most
outline fonts, which are considered computer programs.

                                      Ross Ridge




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