I'm wondering what legal precautions (if any) should be taken into account for using published text or words (books, articles,
hell even tweets) in a type specimen that you intend to:
1. distribute for free to market your typeface or font?
2. sell as say a LE poster or booklet?
Assuming you could always approach the author/publisher for permission, but in situations where you can't reach them, is citing the author and publication enough?
Thanks so much.
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Oh, say, something like
Neque porro quisqam est qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipsci velit, sed quia nonnumquam eiusmodi tempora incidunt ut labore et dolore magnam aliquam quaerat voluptatem. Ut enim ad minima veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequatur?
- Cicero, De Finibus
or
Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilinia, patentia nostra? Quam diu etiam furor iste tuus nos eluded? Quem ad finem sese effrenata iactabit audacia? Nihilne te nocturnum praesidium Palati, nihil urbis vigilae, nihil timor populi, nihil concursos bonorum omnium, nihil hic munitissimus habendi senatus locus, nihil horum ora voltusque moverunt?
- Cicero, Against Catiline
Or by way of example, it wouldn't be Fair Use for L'Oreal to advertise with quote's from George Martin's Song of Fire and Ice, describing the Lannister's fair hair, even if they only use just one phrase.