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I believe he's downloading png files from Meta, converting them to SVG, then creating the glyphs. I'm not sure what the law is on this, but there's no need for
by abirch 3y ago
I believe he's downloading png files from Meta, converting them to SVG, then creating the glyphs. I'm not sure what the law is on this, but there's no need for the font files to ever be on your computer. E.g., https://render.myfonts.net/fonts/font_rend.php?id=a6719376b92bdadcac7abeed4363c796&rt=HackerNews https://render.myfonts.net/fonts/font_rend.php?id=a6719376b9...
- codedokode 3y agoMicrosoft does exactly this with 19th and 18th century fonts, for example [1]. [1] https://learn.microsoft.com/ru-ru/typography/font-list/baskerville-old-face https://learn.microsoft.com/ru-ru/typography/font-list/baske...
- tuukkah 3y agoThose are probably in public domain because of their age though.
- codedokode 3y agoShouldn't derivative work be in public domain as well? Not from legal point of view, but from human point of view.
- tuukkah 3y agoYes, that's the problem of public domain and BSD-style licenses that's solved by copyleft licenses (GPL, CC BY-SA etc.)