So what is the general theme here can we copy font files that have been
installed in our font directory and distribute them with our apps? I
commonly use a font that was not part of Windows 95 but has been part
Windows since. I just need to check if it's there which it probably is and
if it's not install it.
Any advice?
Regards
Monte
>From: Richard Gaskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: Installing Fonts
>Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 22:00:32 -0800
>
> > Fonts are copyrighted. However, strictly speaking, it is the name of
> > the font rather than the actual font itself that is copyrighted. So,
> > technically, you could duplicate a font and distribute it under a
> > different name. This is being looked at by various copyright
> > authorities across the world, so don't trust this as a reliable
> > tactic! Ethically of course, this "copy & rename" strategy is a
> > no-no!
>
>This changes so much that I can't be sure, but last I heard this was the
>story with copyrighting fonts:
>
>The letter forms are not copyrightable. They are viewed as having
>primarily
>"utilitarian" value only, and are therefore not protected under copyright
>law. IMHO this is silly, and has dire ramifications for all industrial
>design, but hey, the Bern folks never asked me.
>
>However -
>
>OUTLINE fonts ARE copyrightable, not as letter forms but as software.
>Since
>they contain descriptions of the math needed to render the letter forms,
>outline fonts (as opposed to bitmap, which I just don't see very often
>anymore) are considered a form of "executable code", and are protected as
>with any software program.
>
>Again, I haven't followed this issue closely in the last few years, so it
>may have changed again, but that's how I last heard it.
>
>More than just renaming the code, running it through a tool like
>Fontographer may fully satisfy the requirements, since doing so will, if
>done properly, cause the code to be regenerated in a different form,
>hopefully substantially different enough to avoid copyright conflicts.
>
>Since this practice of making "knock off" fonts this way had become rather
>popular, this may have given rise to the perception that merely changing
>the
>name is all that's required -- since the law doesn't recognize letter forms
>as a creative work, to the user the only discernable difference is the name
>(even though the underlying code may be very differently structured).
>
>But as they require us to say here in Kalifornia:
>
>"I am not an attorney. If you need the services of an attorney you should
>contact a qualified professional in your area."
>
>;)
>
>--
> Richard Gaskin
> Fourth World Media Corporation
> Multimedia Design and Development for Mac, Windows, UNIX, and the Web
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