Comment Re:Javascript Dies in Netscape (Score 1) 683
Not 100% true. In Europe typeface designs are protectable.
(Compuserve/AOL UK claims over 2 million users IIRC, Freeserve over 1 million, so it is getting harder to ignore the rest of the world and pretend the web is US only)
And (according to the comp.fonts FAQ) in the US
"scalable fonts are copyrightable" (though as in all law, this isn't necessarily absolute) True Type fonts are scalable fonts (last time I checked), but bitmapped fonts aren't (so you can use System!)
The FAQ can be seen at http://www.nwalsh.com/comp.fonts/FAQ/cf_13.htm#SEC 33
Of course the font *name* may be a trademark (and quite often is) and as such may only be used with permission (and so couldn't be applied to someone else's font even if it looked identical), but the whole area of trademarks is a different can of worms!
The Magician
(Compuserve/AOL UK claims over 2 million users IIRC, Freeserve over 1 million, so it is getting harder to ignore the rest of the world and pretend the web is US only)
And (according to the comp.fonts FAQ) in the US
"scalable fonts are copyrightable" (though as in all law, this isn't necessarily absolute) True Type fonts are scalable fonts (last time I checked), but bitmapped fonts aren't (so you can use System!)
The FAQ can be seen at http://www.nwalsh.com/comp.fonts/FAQ/cf_13.htm#SE
Of course the font *name* may be a trademark (and quite often is) and as such may only be used with permission (and so couldn't be applied to someone else's font even if it looked identical), but the whole area of trademarks is a different can of worms!
The Magician
