Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!samsung!uunet!aecom!werner From: werner@aecom.yu.edu (Craig Werner) Newsgroups: comp.fonts Subject: Re: Are fonts illegal to copy?? Message-ID: <2921@aecom.yu.edu> Date: 17 Jul 90 02:42:49 GMT References: <7677@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> <1990Jul1.205518.12783@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> Distribution: usa Organization: Albert Einstein Coll. of Med., NY Lines: 25 In article , esf00@uts.amdahl.com (Elliott S. Frank) writes: > In article <1990Jul2.180307.1697@ico.isc.com> > >rcd@ico.isc.com (Dick Dunn) follows up to an article in which: > >xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) writes: > > > >> Sadly, there is a huge and probably irreconcilable conflict between the > >> quite understandable desire of a font foundry to protect their fonts' > >> designs, and the rights guaranteed under the first amendment. > > As was pointed out a long time ago, if you want to duplicate Times Roman, you can get a copy of the Times of London and digitize it. If you want to call it "Times Roman," then you have to pay royalties to Linotype. That's why there are fonts called "Swiss" and "Geneva," sans-serif fonts that are almost but not quite 'Helvetica.' -- Craig Werner (future MD/PhD, 5.5 years down, 2.5 to go) werner@aecom.YU.EDU -- Albert Einstein College of Medicine (1935-14E Eastchester Rd., Bronx NY 10461, 212-931-2517) "Beware of Yuppies bearing Uzis."