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whstl
10 months ago
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You wouldn't steal a font
What if you convert it to bitmap, instead of shipping a TTF/WOFF/etc? Does it still counts as shipping the font... or not?
trinix912
10 months ago
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No, because a font is licensed as a computer program that generates those glyphs. The glyphs themselves aren’t copyrightable.
bluescrn
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And if you generate a set of bitmaps/sprites of individual glyphs from the font (e.g. to use as a bitmap font in a game), is that different to shipping an image with more specific uses of the font baked in, e.g. a logo/title image?
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