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From: FLEGLEI@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu
Newsgroups: comp.fonts
Subject: Re: Font Royalties
Message-ID: <91109.200835FLEGLEI@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu>
Date: 20 Apr 91 00:08:35 GMT
References: <14014@adobe.UUCP> <1991Apr14.225304.1@euler.claremont.edu>
Organization: Yale University
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Sorry, I can't quote previous dox using my editor, but the posting
consisted of one person asking, can I modify Times to add Vietnamese
diacriticals & other characters & distribute it. Another folk said,
no, you can't. A third said you could distribute the new characters.
 
And my posting: using, on the Mac at least, Altsys' Fontographer 3.2 program
(and earlier versions) one can use the "composite" function to create
placeholders for all of the characters in a given font; say, Times Roman
from Adobe. One can then use Fontographer to create new characters. Note
that these characters must be *entirely* *new*. It is copyright violation
to use portions of existing characters. The font thus created after
generation requires the presence of the original copyrighted font but
contains none of its code & is therefore legal to sell or give away.
 
Please NOTE: this is not the same as using Fontographer to OPEN an
existing typeface & modify & save it. The composite function uses rough
placeholders that do not reproduce codes. These placeholders may be moved
up or down or have details added on top of them (such as diacritics).
 
Do the Adobe folks agree with this? I have purchased fonts created in
this manner sold by people who also sell Adobe fonts legally.
 
Glenn Fleishman, Yale University Printing Service
glenn_fleishman@yccatsmtp.ycc.yale.edu