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At 03:37 AM 4/17/2001, Mike Meyer wrote:

>While I'm on the topic: another point of similarity between the two
>types of fonts is that they, unlike typefaces, are protected as
>intellectual property. 

The names of typefaces can be (and are) trademarked. While typeface
designs are considered to be utilitarian and therefore are not
protected by copyright, programs that draw them are. Since Adobe's
"fonts" (which are really not fonts but programs to render them)
are actually programs, they are subject to copyright protection.

--Brett


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