Font licenses have specific requirements on how, when, where, and in what quantity fonts / font characters can be included in designs. Including / embedding a font in-total or significant quantity in any design will likely violate re-distribution clauses ( depending on the license in question ).
http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/antipiracy/ff_faq.html#section-2 Converting the characters that are used in a design to outlines eliminates the need to include / embed any part of the font in a design ( this also makes designs portable ). The newly created line-art, as part of a design, is now a derivative work. Can someone copyright a font? Yes! Fonts are 'HUGE' assets in the computer world. Have you ever heard of http://www.ascendercorp.com/ ? -- Rick Winscot On Friday, January 27, 2012 at 1:17 PM, Jeffry Houser wrote: > > > The logo should be in vector format to facilitate scaling... and to > > establish the logo as a derivative work. You shouldn't include / embed any > > fonts in-total as that will likely result in copyright infringement. > You lost me on the last few lines > How would having the logo in vector format establish it as a > derivative work? And what would it be derivative of? > > And can someone copyright a font? You just blew my mind. I suppose > it is a design in fixed form... I wonder how many fonts fall are unique > enough to warrant copyright protection. > > -- > Jeffry Houser > Technical Entrepreneur > 203-379-0773 > -- > http://www.flextras.com?c=104 > UI Flex Components: Tested! Supported! Ready! > -- > http://www.theflexshow.com > http://www.jeffryhouser.com > http://www.asktheflexpert.com > -- > Part of the DotComIt Brain Trust > >
