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Re: Laatz v. Zazzle
Me: Nick: Indeed, but that has nothing to do with what you appeared to be talking about, which is variable versus static fonts in the context of typeface design as intellectual property. I would disa…0 -
Re: Laatz v. Zazzle
Guys, this is probably not a good conversation to have in a permanent public forum. if it's really a problem you're handing bad actors a blue print. Can we get a moderator to delete these o…2 -
Re: Laatz v. Zazzle
Also, I seem to recall that Minion and Myriad are examples of 30-year-old variable fonts with both copyrights and design patents, back when “variable” was called “multiple master.”0 -
Re: Laatz v. Zazzle
Nick, you claimed ‘The variable format has opened an intellectual property can-of worms’, but now acknowledge that no one has addressed the matter in a legal context. You further claimed, in alarming…0 -
Re: Laatz v. Zazzle
I will have to admit that I disagree. To me, the way that the weight might change as the numerical parameter for the weight is altered is just one additional creative element in the design, a curve t…0 -
Re: A list of fonts with support for Latin sigla a.k.a. scribal ligatures
I briefly wondered that myself, but taking their Gutenberg B42 fonts as an example, they are clearly different glyphs and different numbers of glyphs. There may be overlapping sources, but the librar…1 -
Re: Laatz v. Zazzle
And I'm a little OCD. :smile:3 -
Re: Laatz v. Zazzle
(Sorry to nitpick, but I think it's "copyrighted" not "copy written".)1 -
Re: AlphabetMagic. My first AI experiment
Also shows that what researchers think of as ‘different styles’ are mostly thirty-years-late entries to the grunge typography aesthetic. :D3 -
Re: Laatz v. Zazzle
I agree with @"John Hudson". It feels like a rookie mistake from lawyers who don't understand fonts. I have refined strategies for keeping this from happening. I wish they had reached …3
