Century Gothic
>From: David Bovill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: Installing Fonts
>Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 11:49:02 +0000
>
>Which font are you using?
>
> > From: "Monte Goulding" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 08:26:34 CST
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: Installing Fonts
> >
> >
> > 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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