Hoard-of-bitfonts: bitmap fonts from disused operating systems

Re:Hoard-of-bitfonts: bitmap fonts from disused operating sy... by echelon on Thursday July 08, 2021 @08:40PM (#27779355)

I'd love to see old video game fonts here. Pokemon, Zelda, etc. Though I'm sure there would be rights issues.

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Re:Hoard-of-bitfonts: bitmap fonts from disused operating sy... by nineteen999 on Friday July 09, 2021 @12:28AM (#27780483)

I think if they are bitmap fonts, they are uncopyrightable? At least in the USA.

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Re:Hoard-of-bitfonts: bitmap fonts from disused operating sy... by DonHopkins on Friday July 09, 2021 @04:37AM (#27781626)

Even a giant font where every character is a fax page of one of Apple's secret stolen design documents?

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Re:Hoard-of-bitfonts: bitmap fonts from disused operating sy... by tinus_hn on Friday July 09, 2021 @04:53AM (#27781693)

That’s not how the law works, it’s not like you’re sending invalid input to hack a program.

For a judge the design of a character is not protected by IP law. Some font formats are because they are like a program. But a bitmap of a character is not. And a fax page of whatever is not a bitmap of a character.

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