A 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

A 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