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Names of things can be protected by trademark, not by copyright. re: copyright-ability of fonts. That's a muddy area. The visual representation of the font can
by EvanAnderson 7y ago
Names of things can be protected by trademark, not by copyright.
re: copyright-ability of fonts. That's a muddy area. The visual representation of the font cannot be copyrighted. I can make a font that looks like yours with no copyright concern. If I copy the code that creates the visual representation (i.e. the binary definition of the font) that may be a concern. That could be considered program code (particularly for vector fonts, but I could see an attorney trying to argue that for bitmaps, similar to assets for a game), which is protected by copyright.
- rbanffy 7y agoAs a bitmap, there is only one possible representation for that geometry at that given size, so I'd assume it's not possible to protect it.
- cardiffspaceman 7y agoIt is my understanding that typeface hint systems such as those in Adobe Type 1 and TrueType are "programs" for the purposes of copyright law. But I'm not a lawyer, and I would be interested to hear expert opinions. It used to be my interest to deal with typeface hints.
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