Re: copyright for fonts?

From: John R. Allison <allisonj[_at_]mail.utexas.edu>
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 08:33:30 -0700

On 9/30/99, Robert Cumbow <rcumbow[_at_]grahamdunn.com> wrote:
>
> I cannot imagine how fonts themselves could be proprietary without
> copyright protection. My recollection -- and I won't swear to this
> -- is that a recent case in which Adobe Systems prevailed held that
> fonts themselves are not copyrightable but original software used
> to GENERATE fonts IS copyrightable.

It's ok to swear to it, because you are correct.

John Allison
<allisonj[_at_]mail.utexas.edu> Received on Fri Oct 01 1999 - 13:28:32 GMT

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