Rev. Bob:
I won't claim to fit the "wiser head" category, but I can from personal involvement in several typeface matters advise that as a general rule, under U.S. law, typefaces and computer fonts are not copyrightable. Computer typesets may be entitled to copyright to the extent the include code which manipulates the fonts, but this does not include the typeface itself.
Typefaces may, however, receive protection outside the United States, so the foregoing only relates to their use in the U.S.
Michael R.
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From: CNI-COPYRIGHT -- Copyright & Intellectual Property
[mailto:CNI-COPYRIGHT[_at_]cni.org] On Behalf Of Agenbroad, James
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Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 2:36 PM
To: CNI-COPYRIGHT -- Copyright & Intellectual Property
Subject: [CNI-(C)] Re: Using Fonts in Banner Project
Wiser heads than mine might be able to comment on the copyrightability of computer fonts versus typesets.
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From: CNI-COPYRIGHT -- Copyright & Intellectual Property
[mailto:CNI-COPYRIGHT[_at_]cni.org] On Behalf Of Smith, Robert E.
Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 5:00 PM
To: CNI-COPYRIGHT -- Copyright & Intellectual Property
Subject: [CNI-(C)] Using Fonts in Banner Project
Dear Friends:
A patron of ours would like to use a word processor to produce letters for a banner. The intent is to distribute a banner pattern. The project would use a distinctive font that is presumably registered in the copyright office. Is it likely an infringement of the font designer's rights to use the word processor to create such a pattern?
Thanks for the opinions, which, of course, are not deemed to be legal advice and do not represent or evidence and attorney/client relationship.
Bob
Rev. Robert E. Smith
Electronic Resources Librarian
Concordia Theological Seminary
Fort Wayne, Indiana
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