At 08:47 -0500 6/3/06, Anne Robotti wrote: >Does anyone know what if any licensing issues might arise if I bought >the font, tweaked that pushpin with some color, etc, and used it as an >"Info" graphic? Or if I buy the font can I do whatever I want with it?
To the last, almost certainly 'no'. Font license terms vary a lot, but one thing you certainly don't get is the right to do whatever you like with a font. The most general set of restrictions (from the main font houses) confine your use to one site, <n> users (often 5), no modification, no reverse engineering, no distribution. Of course, these might be relaxed in the case of a 'novelty' font, but fonts are copyright just like any other artistic creation. Here are URLs for sample license terms from Monotype and Linotype: <http://www.fonts.com/Legal/MI-EULA.htm> <http://www.linotype.com/1710/licenseagreement-folder.html?PHPSESSID=228640c356f7ac9e46f2478a2ff21c09> -- Steve
