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Re: Noveo Sans by Fontsite? (A variation or copy of Neuzit Grotesk)
British design patents were introduced around the time the first Clarendon typeface was released. It received a design patent, which lasted for three years. At the time, there was no other protection…3 -
Re: Noveo Sans by Fontsite? (A variation or copy of Neuzit Grotesk)
If the fonts were illegitimate copies of Monotype’s products, Monotype would not allow them to be sold on MyFonts.com. The terms by which many pre-digital fonts were digitized in the mid-1990s gave o…5 -
Re: How many fonts are there?
I don’t know … I think that the ration of 4 fonts to 1 family is too low. My numbers might be a little fuzzy, but from 2004–2008, I did a lot of data entry for Linotype … adding fonts into the datab…1 -
Re: Another copyright question (specifically Germany)
I don’t think that the design registry reviews submissions, or in other words, make choices about which type designs can be filed and which cannot. Instead, registrations are published and there is a…2 -
Re: Another copyright question (specifically Germany)
A revival typeface is an independent design. It looks different from the original. So, of course it is eligible in Germany (and probably Britain and everywhere in the EU) for a design patent. As far …1
