Dundjinni and licensing dispute?

[Fast Learner]

You're accurate, but not necessarily correct here, though, too.

While the shapes of fonts aren't protected by copyright, the computer code describing an electronic font -- the actual mathematical metrics inside that TTF file, say -- is protected by copyright. As such, unless you're capable of creating your own fonts or can find an unprotected "clone," you still can't distribute a font.

 

[Alan Shutko]

While the shapes of fonts aren't protected by copyright, the computer code describing an electronic font -- the actual mathematical metrics inside that TTF file, say -- is protected by copyright. As such, unless you're capable of creating your own fonts or can find an unprotected "clone," you still can't distribute a font.

But you can distribute anything you make using the font which does not have the font program itself. So PDFs are subject to licensing, but bitmaps, printouts, or a huge mural on the Sears Tower are all unprotected.