On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 10:20 AM, tyronicus [via Lilypond] <
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> Joshua Nichols wrote
> I'm looking for something other than minion pro. It also needs to have
> serifs (if not clear by the indication in the subject). What do you all
> use
> (free or otherwise)?
>
> I use Crimson, which imitates Minion in a lot of ways, so I'm not sure if
> it's what you're looking for.
>
> It's a little light, so I made it heavier and condensed it, then called
> the weight "Crimson Lyrics." I don't know anything about font licensing,
> but it looks like I would just need to change the name before I could
> legally make it available to you if you were interested.
>
> Here's an old blog post <http://samuelspeer.com/blog/2014/crimson-lyrics/>
> with
> a picture of the modifications, although I have tweaked it more since then.
> (I think I initially overdid it.)
>
>
Nice work! OFL requirements say that you can't use the SAME name for your
font since it is a derivative. Calling it "Crimson Lyrics" should be just
fine, assuming this is the base family name and not a weight name.
- Abraham
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