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Re: What kind of impact did digital/social media have on fonts?
Leaving aside the very big changes to the industry from the shift to digital fonts for desktop publishing, there was a huge shift with the rise of ecommerce on the web. Before then, it was relatively…6 -
Re: Copyrighting Fonts: Source Code Software
I wouldn’t go that far. It’s definitely a bit fraught right now, but I’ve heard anecdotally that some copyright registrations are still getting through the U.S. Copyright Office.2 -
Re: AI-Generated Art and Copyright Infringement
As long as I’ve been in this field, it’s been clear that U.S. copyright was about the font program, not the typeface’s visual identity. (That was/is covered by a design patent.) So it’s not at all su…3 -
Re: Goodbye WordPad, whither Type 1?
Unsurprisingly, I am with Thomas on this one. Type 1 had a good run, but it’s ancient in software terms, and understandable that software developers would rather eliminate all the code that supports …1 -
Re: Figma and font licensing
Stuart, I can’t tell what your proposed solution is. You say “some sort of meaningful proof of license ownership.” Do you want heavy-handed DRM? What would you have instead of a click-through acknowl…4
