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I'd love to see a reference to US case law to substantiate this claim. I'm pretty sure if I bought a font from Adobe and posted it online, they'd take issue wit

• MaulingMonkey 6y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property_protection_of_typefaces#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property_protecti... references https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/37/202.1 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/37/202.1 which explicitly states that typefaces aren't subject to copyright. Encumbering every piece of printed text with the copyright of the typefaces in question would be... problematic. That said: programs which render text (this includes typical font formats like ttf which can have all kinds of kerning and hinting information so the fonts look good at multiple resolutions) can be copyrighted - they're not just typefaces, after all - so you're right that Adobe would take issue with just copying their font files. > Is the particular implementation of a font eligible for copyright but the "design" isn't if I copy it and make my own font that looks the same? That's roughly my understanding, yes, although I'm not a lawyer. It's also worth noting that trademark can incorporate typefaces/fonts - so if you're making yet another sugary beverage, you might not want to pick the same distinctive typeface as Coca-Cola for your main logo.