Kamilche [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yeah, that's what I'm thinking, as well. Showing all the text on an
image is one thing... using that image as the basis of a font engine is
something different.
Luckily, someone has sent me a link to a set of free TrueType fonts -
http://www.gnome.org/fonts
On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 20:24:34 -0800, Ross Ridge wrote:
Steven D'Aprano wrote:
It is highly unlikely that any judge will be fooled by a mere change in
format (but Your Honour, I converted the TTF file into a bitmap).
If that were true, almost the entire X11 bitmap font collection would
be
Steven D'Aprano wrote:
In any case, even in the USA, hinted fonts are copyrightable, and merely
removing the hints (say, by converting to a bitmap) is no more legal than
whiting out the author's name from a book and claiming it as your own.
That's an absurd comparison. By making a bitmap font
On 2/11/06, Steven D'Aprano [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 20:24:34 -0800, Ross Ridge wrote:
Steven D'Aprano wrote:
It is highly unlikely that any judge will be fooled by a mere change in
format (but Your Honour, I converted the TTF file into a bitmap).
If that were true,
I have a question for all you Pythoneers out there. I'm making a game
with Python, and have a need for fonts. I am currently using a free
TrueType font, but am considering switching to a bitmap font instead.
Let's say I own a font, and use it in a paint program to 'draw some
text' on a picture
Kamilche wrote:
I have a question for all you Pythoneers out there. I'm making a game
with Python, and have a need for fonts. I am currently using a free
TrueType font, but am considering switching to a bitmap font instead.
Let's say I own a font, and use it in a paint program to
On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 09:08:28 -0800, Kamilche wrote:
I have a question for all you Pythoneers out there. I'm making a game
with Python, and have a need for fonts. I am currently using a free
TrueType font, but am considering switching to a bitmap font instead.
Let's say I own a font, and use
Yeah, that's what I'm thinking, as well. Showing all the text on an
image is one thing... using that image as the basis of a font engine is
something different.
Luckily, someone has sent me a link to a set of free TrueType fonts -
http://www.gnome.org/fonts , the 'Vera' family. I guess I'll turn
Steven D'Aprano wrote:
It is highly unlikely that any judge will be fooled by a mere change in
format (but Your Honour, I converted the TTF file into a bitmap).
If that were true, almost the entire X11 bitmap font collection would
be illegal. Fonts aren't subject copyright, just the hints in
Ross Ridge wrote:
Steven D'Aprano wrote:
It is highly unlikely that any judge will be fooled by a mere change in
format (but Your Honour, I converted the TTF file into a bitmap).
If that were true, almost the entire X11 bitmap font collection would
be illegal. Fonts aren't subject
On 10 Feb 2006 09:08:28 -0800
Kamilche [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Let's say I own a font, and use it in a paint program to
'draw some text' on a picture that I slap up on the
Internet. Everything's probably fine, right? But what if I
draw some text on a bitmap on the hard drive, add drop
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