Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 23:21:56 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>, James Howard <howardjp@well.com>, Joseph Mallett <jmallett@newgold.net>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: banner(6) Message-ID: <15069.5732.677255.857589@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20010417124854.04560b30@localhost> References: <20010417095140.A74385@lpt.ens.fr> <Pine.GSO.4.21.0104161028290.23302-100000@well.com> <20010416191256.R27477@lpt.ens.fr> <20010416193151.U27477@lpt.ens.fr> <4.3.2.7.2.20010416211727.045766e0@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20010417124854.04560b30@localhost>
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Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> types: > 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. That's pretty much just what I said. Fonts - whether programs or actual bits of metal - have copyright protection. Typefaces - in the form of what the fonts produce - do not. Than names can be trademarked, which is why the disks of ripped off fonts sold commercially tend to have names like "Garnet" instead of "Garamond". The end result is the same - someone does a bunch of creative work, drawing designs for a typeface, then repeating the process at various different point sizes so they all have the same color. Then anyone who wants can sell - or give away - knockoffs capitalizing on their work without compensating them in any way. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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