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Re:Helvetica Now Variable by flowerlad on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @01:38PM (#28212597)
In the United States, the shapes of typefaces are not eligible for copyright.

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property_protecti...

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Re:Helvetica Now Variable by croes on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @02:33PM (#28213246)
But in France and Germany but not Austria despite the Vienna Agreement for the Protection of Type Faces and their International Deposit.

http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/dfat/seldoc/1973/2203.htm...

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Re:Helvetica Now Variable by da_chicken on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @02:10PM (#28213005)
Ah, so that's how knock-off fonts work. You can reproduce essentially the same output (the typeface) as long as the code that produces it is distinct (the font).
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