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Bitmap fonts are not covered by copyright: <https://cdn.loc.gov/copyright/history/mls/ML-393.pdf https://cdn.loc.gov/copyright/history/mls/ML-393.pdf>, <https:/
by teddyh 2y ago
Bitmap fonts are not covered by copyright: <https://cdn.loc.gov/copyright/history/mls/ML-393.pdf https://cdn.loc.gov/copyright/history/mls/ML-393.pdf>, <https://cdn.loc.gov/copyright/history/mls/ML-443.pdf https://cdn.loc.gov/copyright/history/mls/ML-443.pdf>
It is vector fonts, which can contain copyrightable code, which can be copyrighted.
- akx 2y agoSo it would seem. Thanks for digging those up. With vector fonts containing copyrightable code, are you referring to e.g. TrueType hinting, or OpenType shaping (or very avant-gardely, WASM shaping)? I should hope the glyph-drawing instructions don't fall under this definition of code, because that'd maybe mean SVG `path`s are copyrightable...
- teddyh 2y ago> With vector fonts containing copyrightable code, are you referring to What specifics you can get is all described in ML-443.