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Sadly it is no longer commercially available after he died of a heart attack at the age of 41 in 2005 If it's an exacting replica of a preexisting typeface it
by causality0 3y ago
Sadly it is no longer commercially available after he died of a heart attack at the age of 41 in 2005
If it's an exacting replica of a preexisting typeface it shouldn't be covered under copyright and thus you should be able to freely share it.
- rcme 3y agoFonts aren't copyrightable anyway, just the font files are.
- Nzen 3y agoA typeface is not a copyright protected work in the United States of America at the time that I wrote this [0]. However, files that font rendering programs can use to display typeface glyphs are protected works [1]. [0] https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ33.pdf https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ33.pdf "Works Not Protected by Copyright" page 3, section 2 ; though, it does call out limited protections for heavily ornamented calligraphy and the like [1] https://www.copyright.gov/comp3/chap900/ch900-visual-art.pdf https://www.copyright.gov/comp3/chap900/ch900-visual-art.pdf "Visual Art Works" page 13 paragraph 6
- Terretta 3y agoAlso, it's here: https://www.myfonts.com/collections/founders-caslon-font-itc https://www.myfonts.com/collections/founders-caslon-font-itc
- causality0 3y agoIs it not trivial to create font files from images of the characters?
- arrakeen 3y agoIt is not
- causality0 3y agoHmm. Photo to SVG to FontForge. What am I missing?