Le_Forgeron wrote:
> Le 11/06/2010 08:03, Darren New a écrit :
>> Shay wrote:
>>> So, is it legal to use these fonts for semi-commercial designs?
>> It depends on the country. I am not a lawyer.
>>
>> That said, my understanding is that you can trademark a font name, and

>> you can copyright the file the font is in, but you can't copyright the

>> font itself. (I.e., a font is an "idea" while a TTF file is an
>> expression of that idea.)
> 
> Argh... I believe you would be in trouble with any foundry (provider of

> fonts): The appearance of the font is what is actually protected by the

> law(s). If it looks the same (same letters design, same spacing...), it

> might be judged an infringement.

Do you have a cite for this? Not that I don't believe you, but I'm just 
quoting what I was taught in a law class. Maybe the law changed since the
n, 
or I'm misremembering, or it's a different jurisdiction, so I'm intereste
d 
in the details.

And given your "a écrit" bit above, I expect you're talking about eu
ropean 
laws rather than US laws.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
    Eiffel - The language that lets you specify exactly
    that the code does what you think it does, even if
    it doesn't do what you wanted.

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