There are some great libre* fonts out there, and there is good work being done on libre fonts. There are fewer and fewer "freeware" fonts (i.e., personal use fonts of seemingly obscure orig… (View Post)
(Not a lawyer, this isn't legal advice) The basic way this works in most regimes is that things are only protected insofar as much as there is new material.For instance, if I printed a copy of a Shak… (View Post)
You could play scrabble in Latin! Personally I would say I/J and U/V are acceptable distinctions to draw (and these are well sorted out for those who do distinguish between them). The letter W would … (View Post)
Considering the various examples which are known to not meet the threshold of originality (see Wikimedia Commons), I would say no. Apparently, there was a case, Boisson v. Banian, which dea… (View Post)
A brief comment, which does not answer the actual original question, but which perhaps tackles the problem in a different way. You comment that Computer Modern is very spindly. You have a few options… (View Post)