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From: new@udel.EDU (Darren New)
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Subject: Re: Are fonts copyrightable?
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Date: 25 May 90 15:19:47 GMT
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In article <1990May25.001120.29410@ico.isc.com> rcd@ico.isc.com (Dick Dunn) writes:
>In the USA:  No, a font is not copyrightable.  The name of a font can be
>trademarked.

I was just thinking about this...  If a font is copyrighted, does that mean
that every work printed in that font is a derivative of that font?
This could be really messy, I think.  Similar to including code from
copyrighted compiler libraries, maybe?     

I'm kind of glad that fonts can't be copyrighted here.   -- Darren