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Re: What were the key changes made when we started designing typefaces for screens?
It’s only tangentially related to the subject here, but I wouldn’t discount how early Adobe Originals were designed to conform to the limitations of PostScript and low-resolution printers. Especially…3 -
Re: Adobe Fonts (Creative Cloud license)
All fonts used through Adobe Fonts share the same Service Terms of Use. Anecdotally, I vaguely recall a foundry or two that attempted to assert their own limitations elsewhere (e.g. “If you use our f…4 -
Re: Copyright Registration (Any Loopholes?)
The above letter from the Copyright Office is bizarre to me, because it seems to ignore the idea that code is protectable. Instead, it rejects the typeface because visual (non-written) work isn’t pro…2 -
Re: 80s / 90s font production software and workflow?
Even without any third party encumbrances, I don’t think it’s ever an easy lift to just release software as open source. Lots of technical and legal vetting has to go into it.3 -
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
