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Why don't people just grab the San Francisco fonts off GitHub? [1]: https://github.com/search?q=san+francisco+font https://github.com/search?q=san+francisco+fo

Why don't people just grab the San Francisco fonts off GitHub? [1]: https://github.com/search?q=san+francisco+font https://github.com/search?q=san+francisco+font

tiffanyh 6y ago
Apple’s license I don’t believe grants you those rights. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32178464/is-possible-to-use-san-francisco-font-on-website-free https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32178464/is-possible-to-...
- duhi88 6y ago
  You can use it on your own computer, you just can't publish content with it that isn't iOS-related. They're not going to come knock on your door because you've set SF to be your system font.
jfk13 6y ago
Some people prefer to respect copyright.
bzb5 6y ago
The result would be the San Francisco font... rendered terribly.
- aswinmohanme 6y ago
  Yes, I have tried SanFransisco and the results were terrible. Also I didn't want to look at information rendered by a stolen font.
  - bzb5 6y ago
    Digital information cannot be stolen.
    - Shared404 6y ago
      I would argue that it can. The question is if an individual finds it unethical or not, not if it's being stolen. Legally speaking at least.
      - diffeomorphism 6y ago
        The argument is that for something to be "stolen" it has to be missing afterwards. An unauthorized copy is copyright infringement, legally speaking, not theft. Words mean something and there is a reason why right holders tried to coin this (pillaging, murdering) piracy to give it a bad connotation. Then the various "pirate parties" said if you want to call large swaths of the population pirates, then we will be taking that word from you (somewhat similar to pride movements).
        Shared404 6y ago
        No contest. You've convinced me. For the record, I have little to no issue with "unauthorized copies", for the most part. I just disagreed with some of the phrasing.
        HatchedLake721 6y ago
        Interesting argument. Secrets can be stolen, but they're not missing after. Spies steal secrets, not copyright infringement them :)
        throwaway2048 6y ago
        Espionage is also not theft in a legal sense
        fsflover 6y ago
        > Secrets can be stolen, but they're not missing after. You technically lose the secret in this case, since it's not a secret anymore.
        kube-system 6y ago
  - smlacy 6y ago
    The "SF Pro" font family is directly downloadable from Apple and free for personal use. https://developer.apple.com/fonts/ https://developer.apple.com/fonts/
mhd 6y ago
I'd go for Lucida Grande. Never should've changed from that.

Why don't people just grab the San Francisco fonts off GitHub? [1]: https://github.com/search?q=san+francisco+font https://github.com/search?q=san+francisco+font

tiffanyh 6y ago

Apple’s license I don’t believe grants you those rights. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32178464/is-possible-to-use-san-francisco-font-on-website-free https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32178464/is-possible-to-...

duhi88 6y ago
You can use it on your own computer, you just can't publish content with it that isn't iOS-related. They're not going to come knock on your door because you've set SF to be your system font.

jfk13 6y ago

Some people prefer to respect copyright.

bzb5 6y ago

The result would be the San Francisco font... rendered terribly.

aswinmohanme 6y ago
Yes, I have tried SanFransisco and the results were terrible. Also I didn't want to look at information rendered by a stolen font.
- bzb5 6y ago
  Digital information cannot be stolen.
  - Shared404 6y ago
    I would argue that it can. The question is if an individual finds it unethical or not, not if it's being stolen. Legally speaking at least.
    - diffeomorphism 6y ago
      The argument is that for something to be "stolen" it has to be missing afterwards. An unauthorized copy is copyright infringement, legally speaking, not theft. Words mean something and there is a reason why right holders tried to coin this (pillaging, murdering) piracy to give it a bad connotation. Then the various "pirate parties" said if you want to call large swaths of the population pirates, then we will be taking that word from you (somewhat similar to pride movements).
      - Shared404 6y ago
        No contest. You've convinced me. For the record, I have little to no issue with "unauthorized copies", for the most part. I just disagreed with some of the phrasing.
      - HatchedLake721 6y ago
        Interesting argument. Secrets can be stolen, but they're not missing after. Spies steal secrets, not copyright infringement them :)
        throwaway2048 6y ago
        Espionage is also not theft in a legal sense
        fsflover 6y ago
        > Secrets can be stolen, but they're not missing after. You technically lose the secret in this case, since it's not a secret anymore.
      - kube-system 6y ago
- smlacy 6y ago
  The "SF Pro" font family is directly downloadable from Apple and free for personal use. https://developer.apple.com/fonts/ https://developer.apple.com/fonts/

mhd 6y ago

I'd go for Lucida Grande. Never should've changed from that.