Separately, how does the MyFonts panel feel about font 'gesture' cribbing? That is to say, one takes a copy of an existing font, runs it through a distressing filter and calls it a new creation?
When the Review Board sees a font submitted which is clearly a copy of an existing font but has been re-traced, tweaked, and resubmitted as their own, that new foundry is rejected.
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When the Review Board sees a font submitted which is clearly a copy of an existing font but has been re-traced, tweaked, and resubmitted as their own, that new foundry is rejected.
Do these “funky” variations take away sales from the original font?
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/urw/dtc-funky-fonts/
I doubt it.
Is this based on others’ outlines?
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/typeotones/frankie/
Probably not, I can’t say. Can you?
Is this a lame concept for a font?
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/aah-yes/stubble/
Hell yes.
How is this any different?
http://typophile.com/node/38063#comment-233376
Ethically or legally I’d say it isn’t. But context – creation date, author, intention – matters, too.