>> The main fear with artists is that they won't be given credit for their >> work, i think. > > I'm not sure that being free or not will make any difference. Virtually > every free license demands credit, at least in fact that your name may > not be removed. > >> Third, his additions did not fit to my style at all, broke the rythm, >> the symmetries etc. > > I think this is a big concern of a lot of font makes, which is part of the > reason they don't have free licenses. >
The problem is that it is hard to associate a name to a font. In Debian we have the copyright file, but elsewhere there is no such requirement. This is why digital artworks often have the name signed in a way that makes removing it likely to mar the art as well as watermarking.
