Currently, the narrow font looks ugly in hires--all pixely. I smoothed it
out somewhat. I wonder if we should incorporate the smoothed version? If
you want to try the smoothed version on an OS5 machine, it's at
www.georgetown.edu/faculty/ap85/narrow.prc . I didn't make a bold version
yet
From: Robert OConnor [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I should further narrow it down to: it the leading view only,
It is the view supported by the US Copyright Office which refuses to
register bitmap fonts or font shapes. Note what the consequence of
copyrighting bitmap fonts or font shapes would be: It
For more than you ever wanted to know, see:
http://nwalsh.com/comp.fonts/FAQ/cf_13.htm
and http://nwalsh.com/comp.fonts/FAQ/cf_14.htm
It's clear that we'd be in the clear in the US (after renaming Handera).
But there is Europe to worry about so, I guess we shouldn't go for it if
Lubak's Handera
anyway in the U.S. at least fonts aren't
copyrightable.
Just for the archives, I believe the stipulation is that bitmap fonts
aren't copyrightable.
Whether the pilRC textfile that is used to generate a bitmap font can be
reused without permission, I don't know.
Best wishes,
Robert
On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, Robert OConnor wrote:
anyway in the U.S. at least fonts aren't
copyrightable.
Just for the archives, I believe the stipulation is that bitmap fonts
aren't copyrightable.
Whether the pilRC textfile that is used to generate a bitmap font can be
reused without
Well, it's not a matter of re-using but re-generating. A derivative work
of a non-copyrightable item either has no copyright or has copyright owned
by the person (i.e., us) who produced the derivative work.
EVERYTHING is copyrighted, by the person(s) who created it. The
difference is
EVERYTHING is copyrighted, by the person(s) who created it. The
difference is that some copyright owners can give up the rights to their
works by placing them in the Public Domain. Even paraphrasing a
copyrighted work is a violation of copyright (specifically talking about
written or
I've raised this issue before and it didn't get anywhere, but I wonder if we
shouldn't replace the narrow font with Lubak's Handera 18 font for hi-res
devices? Lubak wouldn't mind, and anyway in the U.S. at least fonts aren't
copyrightable. Fontconv can produce source code for the font.
Alex
