Re: [tlug] Arial ... MS ...: Embrace Free Fonts

["emiddleton@example.com" <emiddleton@example.com>]

burlingk@example.com wrote:
> Per Wikipedia[1] Font Designs are not copyrightable under US law[2]
> (Not sure about EU or Japanese law).  There are certain aspects though
> that can be copyrightable or patentable.
>From what was written in wikipedia, it would seem you can rip off a font as long as you don't copy the files, which are protected by copyright, or make an exact pixel level copy of the characters generated by the font.


Edward


> [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Font#Legal_aspects