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Date:      Wed, 18 Apr 2001 00:54:02 -0600
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
Cc:        Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>, James Howard <howardjp@well.com>, Joseph Mallett <jmallett@newgold.net>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: banner(6)
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At 10:21 PM 4/17/2001, Mike Meyer wrote:

>That's pretty much just what I said. Fonts - whether programs or
>actual bits of metal - have copyright protection. Typefaces - in the
>form of what the fonts produce - do not.

That's not correct. Fonts do not "produce" typefaces. They are
renderings of typefaces.

>The end result is the same - someone does a bunch of creative work,
>drawing designs for a typeface, then repeating the process at various
>different point sizes so they all have the same color. Then anyone who
>wants can sell - or give away - knockoffs capitalizing on their work
>without compensating them in any way.

It is possible to do a knockoff, and many people do. But what's being
copied is the uncopyrightable design. If you copy the program that
renders the typeface into a font, you've infringed a copyright. This 
has been upheld in court. Adobe's "fonts" (which are really programs
that render typefaces into fonts) are copyrightable.

--Brett


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